num_pages: 191
description: Amusing and absolutely appalling things happen on the way to the gallows when murder meets Lord Peter Wimsey and the delightful working-class sleuth Montague Egg. This sumptuous feast of criminal doings and undoings includes a vintage double identity and a horrid incident of feline assassination that will tease the minds of cat-lovers everywhere. Not to be missed are "The Incredible Elopement of Peter Wimsey" (with a lovely American woman-turned-zombie) and eight more puzzlers penned in inimitable style by the mistress of murder.Includes:The image in the mirror --The incredible elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey --The queen's square --The necklace of pearls --The poisoned dow '08 --Sleuths on the scent --Murder in the morning --One too many --Murder at Pentecost --Maher-Shalal-Hashbaz --The man who knew how --The fountain plays.
language: English
title: Hangman's Holiday: A Collection of Short Mysteries
titlecomplete: Hangman's Holiday: A Collection of Short Mysteries
characters: Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey, Montague Egg
genres: Historical, 20th Century, Crime, Classics, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Short Stories, Detective, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 9241
series: Lord Peter Wimsey, Montague Egg
publisher: Harper Collins