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520: 101: – The Wimseys and their three sons have the discourteous and meddlesome Miss Quirk wished upon them as a houseguest. Things become even more complicated when 6 year old Bredon Wimsey is accused of stealing a neighbor's prize peaches and Miss Quirk is adamant she has proof of his guilt. 95: – On the night Wimsey's first son is born, a policeman finds a body in house 13 on a street with only even numbers, and house and body disappear afterwards. Peter goes undercover to prevent the bobby being dismissed for drunkenness. 22: 564: 89: – Lord Peter comes to the rescue of Mr. Merrilow, who is falsely accused of murdering his opponent in a chess match. A dream and some footsteps are the key to the mystery. 588: 598: 557: 46:. First published in 1972, it contains the final three Lord Peter stories. The first two, "Striding Folly" and "The Haunted Policeman", were previously published in 50:(1939), an anthology of detective stories. The third one, "Talboys", was unpublished. All three stories were also anthologized by James Sandoe in the collection 608: 550: 603: 182: 64:, including an extensive analysis of the character of Wimsey and his relation to Sayers' life, and including a previously unpublished letter of Sayers to 278: 583: 593: 135: 120: 489: 175: 154: 481: 473: 369: 497: 231: 168: 353: 270: 438: 430: 310: 294: 334: 465: 422: 361: 26: 160: 393: 262: 211: 197: 192: 131: 116: 43: 39: 446: 413: 318: 302: 527: 65: 534: 236: 81: 61: 577: 399: 286: 226: 221: 254: 216: 519: 148: 530: 326: 385: 52: 21: 20: 113:
Striding Folly, Including Three Final Lord Peter Wimsey Stories.
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Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories.
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New English Library
Dorothy L. Sayers
Lord Peter Wimsey
Lord Peter
Janet Hitchman
Victor Gollancz
Janet Hitchman
ISBN
978-0450549731
ISBN
978-0060137878
Striding Folly
Faded Page
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Lord Peter Wimsey
Dorothy L. Sayers
Lord Peter Wimsey
Harriet Vane
Mervyn Bunter
Miss Climpson
Charles Parker
Duke of Denver
Whose Body?
Clouds of Witness
Unnatural Death
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Strong Poison

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