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About Dorothy L. Sayers
English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic
Dorothy Leigh Sayers was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic. She is best known for her Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels, which helped shape the golden age of British detective fiction. Beyond her mysteries, Sayers wrote plays, translated works, and produced criticism with a sharp, exacting style. Her writing moved across popular fiction and literary argument, and her reputation rests on both her storytelling and her clear, disciplined prose.
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Books by Dorothy L. Sayers
Whose Body?
1988
Strong Poison
1989
Murder Must Advertise
1933
Busman's honeymoon
1996
Clouds of Witness
1992