“Lord Peter Wimsey: He dogs my footsteps with the incompetent zeal of fifty Watsons.”

— Dorothy L. Sayers , book Murder Must Advertise

Murder Must Advertise (1933)

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English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian wr… 1893–1957

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“Lord Peter Wimsey: He dogs my footsteps with the incompetent zeal of fifty Watsons.”

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