Many thought her well-rounded, charismatic character Lord Peter Wimsey was modeled after and Oxford don.
Lord Wimsey made his debut in Whose Body? in 1923 and won over the world with his charm and deductive reasoning. The Wimsey family motto was, "As my whimsey takes me." Sayers once said her character Lord Wimsey was a combination of Fred Astaire and Bertie Wooster.
The first murdered person in Whose Body? was found in the bathtub and the reason it was unusual was it was naked except for a pair of gold pince-nez.
The Five Red Herrings published in 1931 took place at an artist's colony. While Lord Wimsey went to the colony to fish he ends up investigating the death of an artist who fell into a jagged ravine while painting a landscape.
In 1933 Lord Wimsey finds himself a prime suspect in Murder Must Advertise. A view into Sayers humor is the last line in the book. "Advertise, or go under."
2 comments:
I haven't read a Dorothy L. Sayers book in years. I started reading Agatha Christie when I was in 8th grade and read as many as I could. As I started to run out of stories to read, I discovered Sayers. I read several of them, but never got as into them as I did Christie's novels.
Have you ever read any Carter Dickson aka John Carter Dickenson, known for his locked room mysteries? Or how about Mignon G. Eberhart who wrote romantic suspense before it was considered a genre? Perry Mason was another series I loved. They were well before my time, but I still loved the atmosphere of the stories.
Hmmm...get me talking on mysteries and I can't stop. LOL!
Thanks for another great post. I really enjoy your blog.
Gabriella, I'm glad you're enjoying my blog. You gave me some more names to check out for future posts. ;0) I enjoyed the Perry Mason books as a high school student. I haven't heard of the other two but will be looking in to them.
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