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Have his carcase is a great detective novel, as are all the lord peter wimsey novels. Sayers 18931957 was a british playwright, scholar, and acclaimed author of mysteries, best known for her books starring the gentleman sleuth lord peter wimsey. The wimsey books are literate and delightful mysteries. Ms sayers was a scholar, a master of composition, a superior and cunning planner of plots and dastardly deeds.
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