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Hangman's Holiday

Lord Peter Wimsey, Book 9

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Hangman's Holiday

By: Dorothy L. Sayers
Narrated by: Jane McDowell
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The best of the golden age crime writers, praised by all the top modern writers in the field including P. D. James and Ruth Rendell, Dorothy L. Sayers created the immortal Lord Peter Wimsey. This book of short stories is his ninth appearance and introduces another detective, Montague Egg.

Poisoned port , pet cats in peril, purloined pearls...Lord Peter Wimsey solves the mysteries of the man who was blown into the fourth dimension and the murder in fancy dress. He pursues miscreants across several countries and into unexpected hiding places.

Dorothy L. Sayers' other detective, Montague Egg, encounters a fugitive murderer and uncovers a killer in an Oxford cloister. The travelling salesman extraordinaire solves puzzles with a unique combination of matter-of-fact practicality and brilliant deduction.

©1933 The Trustees of Anthony Fleming (deceased) (P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton Anthologies & Short Stories Crime Fiction Mystery Traditional Detectives

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"She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller." (Minette Walters)
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Performance fantastic as always. Buyer beware: this collection of short stories contain only two featuring Lord Peter, and these showcase the most omniscient and unrealistic facets of the character. Good for completists, newbies to the author should look to other works.

Patchy short story collection

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This is a collection of short stories with varring degrees of detective work, some are really good and some not so much, but over all well worth it.

Hangman' s Holiday

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I am a fan of Dorothy L. Sayers, and always enjoy her writing. However, these stories are not all Lord Peter Wimsey stories, as I assumed from the title. The reader is a woman and her voice fails to convey who is speaking. It is hard to hear the difference between what Lord Peter or Montague Egg is saying and the other characters. Each sentence has the same inflection and spoils this collection of stories because I am constantly wondering which character is saying what. It is rather disconcerting to hear the male characters (with hardly any female characters as well) with a decidedly feminine voice.

Interesting, little known stories

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struggled to finish this version. the same title but with Ian Carmichael is far superior.

not the best reading

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