Name: Hangman's Holiday

Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
Year: 1933
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Mystery, Fiction, Short Stories, Crime

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9781473621374
1473621372
Amusing and absolutely appalling things happen on the way to the gallows when murder meets Lord Peter Wimsey and the delightful working-class sleuth Montague Egg. This sumptuous feast of criminal doings and undoings includes a vintage double identity and a horrid incident of feline assassination that will tease the minds of cat-lovers everywhere. Not to be missed are "The Incredible Elopement of Peter Wimsey" (with a lovely American woman-turned-zombie) and eight more puzzlers penned in inimitable style by the mistress of murder.
Includes:
The image in the mirror --
The incredible elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey --
The queen's square --
The necklace of pearls --
The poisoned dow '08 --
Sleuths on the scent --
Murder in the morning --
One too many --
Murder at Pentecost --
Maher-Shalal-Hashbaz --
The man who knew how --
The fountain plays.
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"Busman's Honeymoon"
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"Gaudy Night"
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"The Nine Tailors"
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"Murder Must Advertise"
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"Have His Carcase"
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"Five Red Herrings"
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"Strong Poison"
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"Lord Peter Views the Body"
First published in 1928
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"The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club"
First published in 1928
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"Unnatural Death"
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"Clouds of Witness"
First published in 1926
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"Whose Body?"
First published in 1923
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"Striding Folly"
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