Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers
Published: 1935 | Series: Lord Peter Wimsey 10
Harriet Vane returns with trepidation to her alma mater, Shrewsbury College, Oxford to attend the Gaudy dinner. An outbreak of vandalism and anonymous letters leads Harriet to investigate.
About Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) is best known as the author of twelve detective novels, most of which feature her aristocratic and literary-minded sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. She was a co-founder of the Detection Club, an important critic during the golden age of detective fiction, and a major champion of ambitious crime fiction. After her last crime novel was published in 1937, she dedicated herself to writing plays, religious broadcasting, and translation, including a major new version of Dante's Divine Comedy.
Gaudy Night is mentioned in the following episodes: On Gaudy Night, Dorothy's Secret, Instrument of Death, Oxford vs Cambridge, and Whodunnit Centenary: 1925.
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