#14 Lord Peter Wimsey

In the Teeth of the Evidence

Dorothy L. Sayers
4.01
5,266 ratings 252 reviews
The 14th book featuring Lord Peter Wimsey is an irresistible collection of short stories from the master of classic mysteries. Two classic Wimsey stories appear alongside five stories starring Montague Egg, an eccentric wine salesman whose powers of deduction could give His Lordship a run for his money. Ten other glittering puzzles round out the volume, serving as testament to Sayers’s enduring status as a star of crime fiction.  Lord Peter Wimsey stories: In the Teeth of the Evidence — Absolutely Elsewhere Montague Egg stories: A Shot at Goal — Dirt Cheap — Bitter Almonds — False Weight — The Professor’s Manuscript Other stories: The Milk-bottles — Dilemma — An Arrow o’er the House — Scrawns — Nebuchadnezzar — The Inspiration of Mr Budd — Blood Sacrifice — Suspicion — The Leopard Lady — The Cyprian Cat
Genres: MysteryFictionShort StoriesCrimeClassicsMystery ThrillerBritish LiteratureDetective20th CenturyHistorical Fiction
294 Pages

Community Reviews:

5 star
1863 (35%)
4 star
1907 (36%)
3 star
1246 (24%)
2 star
202 (4%)
1 star
48 (1%)

Readers also enjoyed

Other books by Dorothy L. Sayers

Lord Peter Wimsey Series

Lists with this book

One for the Money
Crocodile on the Sandbank
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Brave New World
Gone with the Wind
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
905 books1246 voters
Jaws
Dracula
White Fang
Gnashers
127 books22 voters
Gaudy Night
Whose Body?
Strong Poison
Dorothy L. Sayers
66 books25 voters