Category Archives: Dorothy L. Sayers

>I is for Investigation

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> [Thank you to Kerrie, Mysteries in Paradise, for hosting the alphabet meme] When I first fell for the genre of crime fiction, it was the puzzles, the game of trying to make sense of the clues, that caught me. … Continue reading →

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>Six Word Sunday

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>I am sure you have come across six-word stories or memoirs before, e.g. the famous Hemingway story: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” I think Shakespeare could have written some terrific ones: “Is that a dagger I s…?” When my … Continue reading →

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>Fame At Last – Or…

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Oh dear, away from my computer for 24 hours, and already so many emails to read and answer. As school begins today, I have not had time to select a proper bait-in-the-box novel, but I thought you might enjoy hearing … Continue reading →

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>S for Sayers and Staun

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>This week the letter of Kerrie´s alphabet meme is S. S is for the British writer Dorothy L Sayers, a Golden Age favourite of mine. She wrote fourteen Lord Peter Wimsey novels and I devoured them all (several times). I … Continue reading →

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>Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors (1934)

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>[Dansk titel: De ni klokkeslag, 1949] This excellent classic is the eleventh Lord Peter Wimsey mystery. It begins on New Year´s Eve, when Wimsey and his faithful butler, Bunter, end up in a ditch during a snow storm in the … Continue reading →

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>Dorothy Sayers, Busman´s Honeymoon (1937)

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge # 2 This crime novel is not only a classic, but also the prototype of a cosy mystery, because the main part of the plot takes place in and around one single house, with the usual, … Continue reading →

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>My first crime novel: Clouds of Witness (1926)

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>The first crime novel I got was Dorothy Sayers´ Cloud of Witness. Together with my parents I visited my grandmother one Sunday afternoon when I was around thirteen years old. As usual, I browsed her books and fell into the … Continue reading →

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