Hangman's Holiday: A Collection of Short Mysteries

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.

• Author
• Dorothy L. Sayers

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 191

• Series
• Lord Peter Wimsey

• Publisher
• Harper Collins

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-06-092396-9

• EAN
• 9780060923969

• Characters
• Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey, Montague Egg

• Genres
• mystery, fiction, crime, classics, historical, detective

• Release date
• 1993