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Unnatural Death: The classic crime novel you need to read

Dorothy L Sayers

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'No sign of foul play,' says Dr Carr after the post-mortem on Agatha Dawson. The case is closed. But Lord Peter Wimsey is not satisfied . . .

With no clues to work on, he begins his own investigation. No clues, that is, until the sudden, senseless murder of Agatha's maid.

What is going on in the mysterious Mrs Forrest's Mayfair flat? And can Wimsey catch a desperate murderer before he himself becomes one of the victims?

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Praise for Unnatural Death: The classic crime novel you need to read

  • I admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail - Ruth RendellD. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers. - E. C. Bentley, Daily TelegraphShe combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller.

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Dorothy L Sayers

Dorothy L Sayers

Dorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957.

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