{"product_id":"gaudy-night-a-lord-peter-wimsey-mystery-with-harriet-vane-lord-peter-wimsey-mysteries-with-harriet-vane-by-dorothy-l-sayers-1","title":"Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane by Dorothy L Sayers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eGaudy Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class by herself.\" --\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe great Dorothy L. Sayers is considered by many to be the premier detective novelist of the Golden Age, and her dashing sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, one of mystery fiction's most enduring and endearing protagonists. Acclaimed author Ruth Rendell has expressed her admiration for Sayers's work, praising her \"great fertility of invention, ingenuity, and wonderful eye for detail.\" The third Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaudy Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeatures an introduction by Elizabeth George, herself a crime fiction master.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaudy Night\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003etakes Harriet and her paramour, Lord Peter, to Oxford University, Harriet's alma mater, for a reunion, only to find themselves the targets of a nightmare of harassment and mysterious, murderous threats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaudy Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class by herself.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Very skillfull writing. Miss Sayers has done a real tour de force, and done it with ease and grace.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A royal performance.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"So excitingly good in its field, so brilliantly planned and so excellently written, that even the weariest able minds and the jumpiest nerves should react pleasingly to it.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[Sayers] brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eP.D. 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In 1923 she published her first novel featuring the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey, who became one of the world's most popular fictional heroes. 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