*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: The Golden Age Of Detective Fiction was surely between the 1920s and the 1950s, and in this period several women dominated the genre. Agatha Christie remains the most famous, but several of her contemporaries produced equally absorbing work. Like all her fellow ‘Queens’, Dorothy L Sayers moved detective fiction away from pure puzzles and towards works of characterisation and depth. Between 1923 and 1939, Sayers wrote 11 novels featuring the upper-class amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. In 1930, she introduced a leading female character, Harriet Vane, the object of Wimsey’s love. We have three Wimsey novels and one book of short stories featuring Wimsey and others in this update; two are in classic Green Penguin, while two are in the less commonly seen Four Square edition; all date from the early 1960s. Full details as always in our catalogue.
PICTURED: ALL BY DOROTHY L SAYERS ALL SOLD
BUSMAN’S HONEYMOON Penguin 1963 2nd UK PB thus GD/VG £6
HANGMAN’S HOLIDAY Penguin 1964 3rd UK PB thus VG £6
THE UNPLESANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB Four Square 1963 1st UK PB thus GD £6
WHOSE BODY? Four Square 1963 1st UK PB thus FA/GD £4