Lord Peter Wimsey

Lord Peter Wimsey first encountered the Attenbury emeralds in 1921, launching his career as a detective. Now it is 1951 and the new young Lord Attenbury - grandson of Lord Peter's first client - seeks his help again, this time to prove who owns the gigantic emerald that Wimsey last saw thirty years ago.

Doctor Carr's post mortem on Agatha Dawson shows no sign of foul play. An unsatisfied Lord Peter Wimsey, with no clues to work on begins his own investigation. No clues, that is until the senseless death of Agatha's maid.

Peter Wimsey and Harriet set off to spend some time in Oxford, when some of the fellows appeal to him to resolve a dispute. But then several of the fellows unexpectedly die and the causes of death bear an uncanny resemblance to the murder methods in Peter's past cases - methods that Harriet has used in her published novels .

Twelve cases of murder, and each a mystery for Lord Peter. As he gathers his clues, he reveals a gruesome but absolutely bewitching side rarely shown to readers in his full-length adventures.

Can Lord Peter Wimsey prove that Harriet Vane is not guilty of murder - or find the real poisoner in time to save her from the gallows? Impossible, it seems. The police are adamant that the right person is on trial. The judge's summing-up is also clear. Harriet Vane is guilty of the killing her lover. And Harriet Vane shall hang... But the jury disagrees.

A collection of ingenious and baffling murder mysteries. Several feature Lord Peter Wimsey, whilst working-class sleuth Montague Egg appears in others.

Lord Peter Wimsey arranged a quiet country honeymoon with Harriet Vane, but what should have been an idyllic holiday in an ancient farmhouse takes on a new and unwelcome aspect with the discovery of the previous owner's body in the cellar.

In In the Teeth of the Evidence, all that was left of the garage was a heap of charred and smouldering beams. In the driving seat of the burnt-out car were the remains of a body.... An accident, said the police. An accident, said the widow. She had been warning her husband about the danger of the car for months. Murder, said the famous detective Lord Peter Wimsey - and proceeded to track down the killer.

Book 14 in the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries.