About the Author

Dorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957.www.sayers.org.uk

Reviews

She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller. - Minette WaltersI admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail. - P. D. JamesSayers is one of the best detective story writers. - Daily TelegraphShe brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit. - P. D. James