Quotes from book

Murder Must Advertise

“Mr. Hankin: …the biggest obstacle to good advertising is the client.”

Dorothy L. Sayers book Murder Must Advertise

Murder Must Advertise (1933)

“Lord Peter Wimsey: Wait a second… I'm not sure that you haven't said something useful and important.
Lady Mary Wimsey: Everything I say is useful and important.”

Dorothy L. Sayers book Murder Must Advertise

Murder Must Advertise (1933)

“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)

“Lord Peter Wimsey: Wherever trouble turns up, there am I at the bottom of it.”

Dorothy L. Sayers book Murder Must Advertise

Murder Must Advertise (1933)

“Lord Peter Wimsey: Everybody suspects an eager desire to curry favour, but rudeness, for some reason, is always accepted as a guarantee of good faith. The only man who ever managed to see through rudeness was Saint Augustine.”

Dorothy L. Sayers book Murder Must Advertise

Murder Must Advertise (1933)

“Mr. Ingleby: You don't need an argument for buying butter. It's a natural, human instinct.”

Dorothy L. Sayers book Murder Must Advertise

Murder Must Advertise (1933)