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.

All that was left of the garage was a heap of charred and smouldering beams. In the driving seat of the burnt-out car were the remains of a body... An accident, said the police. An accident, said the widow. She had been warning her husband about the danger of the car for months. Murder, said the famous detective Lord Peter Wimsey—and proceeded to track down the killer. This is vintage Sayers, a collection of her finest crime and detection stories.