num_pages: 480
description: In this Lord Peter Wimsey whodunit, mystery writer Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the "Gaudy". But the festivities are haunted by a series of ghastly warnings which threaten murder. Soon Harriet and her paramour, Lord Peter Wimsey, find themselves ensnared in a nightmare of terror. Originally published in 1936.
language: English
title: Gaudy Night
titlecomplete: Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
characters: Helen de Vine, Mervyn Bunter, Annie Wilson, Miss Burrows, Miss Lydgate, Letitia Martin, Dr. Baring, Harriet Vane, Phoebe Tucker, The Honorable Freddy Arbuthnot, Gerald, Duke of Denver, Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey, Reggie Pomfret, Gerald "Saint-George" Wimsey
genres: Historical, Audiobook, Crime, Classics, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Detective, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 28906
places: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
series: Lord Peter Wimsey Chronological, Lord Peter Wimsey
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel of the Century
publisher: HarperCollins