Lord Peter

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Lord Peter is a collection of short stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. First published in 1972 (ISBN 0-380-01694-X), it includes all the short stories about Lord Peter written by Dorothy L. Sayers, most of which were published elsewhere soon after they were written, and some related writings.

[edit] Contents

• Introduction, by James Sandoe
  • Twelve stories comprised from Lord Peter Views the Body (1928]
• "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers"
• "The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question"
• "The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will"
• "The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag"
• "The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker"
• "The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention"
• "The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran"
• "The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste"
• "The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head"
• "The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach"
• "The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face"
• "The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba"
  • Four stories from Hangman's Holiday (1933]
• "The Image in the Mirror"
• "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey"
• "The Queen's Square"
• "The Necklace of Pearls"
  • Two stories comprised from In the Teeth of the Evidence (1939]
• "In the Teeth of the Evidence"
• "Absolutely Elsewhere"
  • Three later stories not included in other compilations
• "Striding Folly"
• "The Haunted Policeman"
• "Talboys"
• Coda: "Sayers, Lord Peter and God", by Carolyn Heilbrun
• Codetta: "Greedy Night, A Parody", by E. C. Bentley