The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers
Published: 1930 | Series: Standalone
This 1930 mystery novel is told entirely through letters, diary entries, and documents. When a man dies from apparent mushroom poisoning, the evidence seems clear, until a brilliant discovery reveals it might be murder, launching an intricate investigation into whether his death was accidental or carefully planned killing.
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.
The Documents in the Case has been mentioned in several episodes of the podcast. It came up in Death on Paper, which is about the phenomenon of epistolary mysteries. It featured heavily in Who Was Robert Eustace?, which covers the murky biography of the book's co-writer. And it is mentioned in Dorothy L Sayers Solves Her Mystery.
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