![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And Harriet finds herself ensnared in a nightmare of romance and terror, with only the tiniest shreds of clues to challenge her powers of detection, and those of her paramour, the dashing private investigator Lord Peter Wimsey. Wimsey is a 45-year-old aristocrat who amuses himself by solving mysteries as an amateur detective when he isn’t working on special assignment for the Foreign Office. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. Some of the notes threaten murder all are perfectly ghastly yet in spite of their scurrilous nature, all are perfectly worded. When Harriet attends her Oxford reunion, known as the Gaudy, the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obscenities, burnt effigies, and poison-pen letters, including one that says, Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup. Now available as a limited Olive Edition from Harper Perennial. Sayers's Gaudy Night takes mystery writer Harriet Vane to Oxford University, Harriet's alma mater, for a reunion, only to find herself the target of a nightmare of harassment and mysterious, murderous threats. Gaudy Night takes 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. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class by herself."- Times Literary Supplement (London)ĭorothy L. " Gaudy Night stands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. ![]()
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