Lord Peter - Contents

Contents

• Introduction, by James Sandoe
• Twelve stories which comprised Lord Peter Views the Body (1928)
  • "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers"
  • "The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question"
  • "The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will"
  • "The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag"
  • "The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker"
  • "The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention"
  • "The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran"
  • "The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste"
  • "The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head"
  • "The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach"
  • "The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face"
  • "The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba"
• Four stories from Hangman's Holiday (1933)
  • "The Image in the Mirror"
  • "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey"
  • "The Queen's Square"
  • "The Necklace of Pearls"
• Two stories from In the Teeth of the Evidence (1939)
  • "In the Teeth of the Evidence"
  • "Absolutely Elsewhere"
• Three later stories also collected in Striding Folly (1972)
  • "Striding Folly"
  • "The Haunted Policeman"
  • "Talboys"
• Coda: "Sayers, Lord Peter and God", by Carolyn Heilbrun
• Codetta: "Greedy Night, A Parody", by E. C. Bentley