Īt first she thinks her worst fears have been fulfilled, as she encounters obscene graffiti, poison pen letters and a disgusting effigy when she arrives at sedate Shrewsbury College for the ‘Gaudy’ celebrations.īut soon, Harriet realises that she is not the only target of this murderous malice – and asks Lord Peter Wimsey to help. Now, despite her scandalous life, she has been summoned back. Harriet Vane has never dared to return to her old Oxford college. Because this is no normal detective novel, and I will explain why. I have reread it numerous times during the past 34 years and have taken something different from it on each occasion. It was the first novel by this author that I encountered and, despite the fact that I have subsequently read all the Wimsey books and enjoyed them, this remains my runaway favourite. I first discovered the book via a recommendation from my school librarian as a teenager. Gaudy Night is the twelfth book in Sayers’ detective series featuring her aristocratic sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, and is, in my opinion, her best novel. For my tenth, personal Desert Island Books, I have chosen Gaudy Night by Dorothy L.
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