The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: Classic crime for Agatha Christie fans
By (Author) Dorothy L Sayers
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Paperback
25th October 2016
25th August 2016
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.912
Paperback
288
Width 126mm, Height 196mm, Spine 22mm
207g
Lord Peter Wimsey bent down over General Fentiman and drew the Morning Post gently away from the gnarled old hands. Then, with a quick jerk, he lifted the quiet figure. It came up all of a piece, stiff as a wooden doll . . .
But how did the general die Who was the mysterious Mr X who fled when he was wanted for questioning And which of the general's heirs, both members of the Bellona Club, is lyingI admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail - Ruth Rendell
D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers. - Daily TelegraphShe combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller. - Minette WaltersDorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957.
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