In Dorothy L. Sayer’s third Lord Peter Wimsey novel, Unnatural Death, Agatha Dawson, a woman of advancing years, appears to suffer a natural demise. Amidst the façade of calm, a disquieting unease piques the curiosity of aristocratic crime fighter Lord Peter Wimsey, prompting him to send his investigator, Miss Catherine Climpson, to do some sleuthing in the quaint village of Leahampton. A mystery develops when the body of one of Dawson’s maids is found in a nearby forest. Lord Peter Wimsey and his astute confidant Detective-Inspector Charles Parker embark on a labyrinthine quest to find the truth behind the seemingly unmotivated violence and a tangled web of murky clues.
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Contents
Biographical Note
PART I. THE MEDICAL PROBLEM
Chapter I. Overheard
Chapter II. Miching Mallecho
Chapter III. A Use for Spinsters
Chapter IV. A Bit Mental
Chapter V. Gossip
Chapter VI. Found Dead
Chapter VII. Ham and Brandy
Chapter VIII. Concerning Crime
Chapter IX. The Will
PART II. THE LEGAL PROBLEM
Chapter X. The Will Again
Chapter XI. Cross-Roads
Chapter XII. A Tale of Two Spinsters
Chapter XIII. Hallelujah
Chapter XIV. Sharp Quillets of the Law
Chapter XV. Temptation of St. Peter
Chapter XVI. A Cast-Iron Alibi
Chapter XVII. The Country Lawyer’s Story
Chapter XVIII. The London Lawyer’s Story
PART III. The MEDICO-LEGAL PROBLEM
Chapter XIX. Gone Away
Chapter XX. Murder
Chapter XXI. By What Means?
Chapter XXII. A Case of Conscience
Chapter XXIII. -And Smote Him, Thus
About Dorothy Sayers
Over de auteur
DOROTHY L. SAYERS (1893-1957) is best known as the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey. Her blue-blooded sleuth romps cheerfully through 1920s and 1930s high society. According to some, Sayers was the most sophisticated of the leading ‘Golden Age’ crime writers. She was also a distinguished theologian and classical scholar, whose translations of Dante are still in print today.Meer e-boeken van dezelfde auteur (s) / Editor
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