Strong Poison: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane
Description
“A model detective story…Fascinating.”
—New York Times
The great Dorothy L. Sayers is considered by many to be the premier detective novelist of the Golden Age, and her dashing sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, one of mystery fiction’s most enduring and endearing protagonists. Acclaimed author Ruth Rendell has expressed her admiration for Sayers’s work, praising her “great fertility of invention, ingenuity, and wonderful eye for detail.” The Dorothy L. Sayers classic, Strong Poison, is now back in print with an introduction by Elizabeth George, herself a crime fiction master. In Strong Poison, Sayers introduces Harriet Vane, a mystery writer who is accused of poisoning her fiancé and must now join forces with Lord Peter to escape a murder conviction and the hangman’s noose.
Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fiancé died in the manner prescribed in one of her books, a jury of her peers had a hangman's noose in mind. But Lord Peter Wimsey was determined to find her innocent--as determined as he was to make her his wife.
“A model detective story. . . . fascinating.” - New York Times
“Here is unquestionably a shining star in the mystery story firmament and the best of all the Lord peter Wimsey stories—until the next comes along.” - Saturday Review of Literature
“The end of this story is as ingenious as any solution could be.” - Times Literary Supplement (London)
“Just the thing to get a person through a stowstorm.” - New York Times
PUBLISHER:
HarperCollins
ISBN-10:
0061043508
ISBN-13:
9780061043505
BINDING:
Paperback / softback
PUBLICATION YEAR:
1995
NUMBER OF PAGES:
272
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
6.75(H) x 4.19(W) x 0.68(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / adult
LANGUAGE:
English