*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. Full details as always in our catalogue.
PICTURED: ALL BY DOROTHY L SAYERS ALL SOLD
FIVE RED HERRINGS NEL 1975 UK PB VG £3
HANGMAN’S HOLIDAY Penguin 1962 1st UK PB VG £4
HAVE HIS CARCASE Penguin 1964 3rd UK PB GD/VG £6
THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB NEL 1973 UK PB VG £3