Murder Must Advertise
Classic crime fiction at its best
Published on 22. September 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-4736-2138-1 (ISBN)
Description
'Think MadMen in prewar London' The Guardian
The tenth book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by bestselling crime writer Peter Robinson - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries.
Victor Dean fell to his death on the stairs of Pym's Advertising Agency, but no one seems to be sorry. Until an inquisitive new copywriter joins the firm and asks some awkward questions...
Disguised as his disreputable cousin Death Bredon, Lord Peter Wimsey takes a job - one that soon draws him into a vicious network of blackmailers and drug pedlars.
Five people will die before Wimsey unravels a sinister and deadly plot.
'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily Telegraph
'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
The tenth book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by bestselling crime writer Peter Robinson - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries.
Victor Dean fell to his death on the stairs of Pym's Advertising Agency, but no one seems to be sorry. Until an inquisitive new copywriter joins the firm and asks some awkward questions...
Disguised as his disreputable cousin Death Bredon, Lord Peter Wimsey takes a job - one that soon draws him into a vicious network of blackmailers and drug pedlars.
Five people will die before Wimsey unravels a sinister and deadly plot.
'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily Telegraph
'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
Reviews / Votes
I admire her novels ... she has a great fertility of invention, ingenuity, and a wonderful eye for detail - Ruth RendellA truly great storyteller - Minette Walters
Dorothy L Sayers is one of the best detective story writers - Daily Telegraph
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4736-2138-1 (9781473621381)
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10/2009
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09/1983
Hodder Paperback
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Person
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.
www.sayers.org.uk
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