Dorothy Sayers - Where to Start with her Mystery Novels?

Like mysteries ? Have you read Dorothy Sayers’ mystery novels ?

Dorothy Sayers is a writer often associated with C.S. Lewis and the Inklings, who wrote many books for Christian audiences. She considered her best work to be her translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy.

We recently posed the question of where to start with her mystery novels to David Neuhouser, who is a lover of mysteries and Scholar in Residence at Taylor University’s Center for the Study of C.S. Lewis and Friends (and Professor Emeritus at TU). Neuhouser has taught courses on Sayers, Lewis, Wendell Berry and perhaps his favorite, George Macdonald.

Busman’s Honeymoon: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane

Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane marry and go to spend their honeymoon at Talboys, an old farmhouse in Hertfordshire which he has bought her as a present. The honeymoon is intended as a break from their usual routine of solving crimes (him) and writing about them (her), but it turns into a murder investigation when the seller of the house is found dead at the bottom of the cellar steps with severe head injuries. (Wikipedia.com)

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4 Comments

Tammy Perlmutter
May 10, 2013 at 12:55 pm

Thanks for this!!! I’ve read the first two and will definitely finish with the others!
GinaRD
May 11, 2013 at 11:45 pm

I adore these books. Good piece.
TAO
May 13, 2013 at 3:03 pm

Regrettably, this list omits “Nine Tailors” — the most haunting and possibly the most accomplished of the Wimsey novels.
- bubsblurbs
  June 15, 2015 at 4:06 pm
  
  I agree. If you could only read one Wimsey novel I would recommend Nine Tailors. I’d also put Murder must Advertise before most of these.