Lord Peter

Lord Peter is a collection of short stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. First published in 1972 (ISBN 0-380-01694-X), it includes all the short stories about Lord Peter written by Dorothy L. Sayers, most of which were published elsewhere soon after they were written, and some related writings.

Contents

 * Introduction, by James Sandoe
 * Twelve stories which constituted 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