"by proving who really poisoned Boyes. After Harriet is acquitted, she remains quite notorious. Sales of her books skyrocket. Wimsey continues to pursue her romantically, but Harriet repeatedly declines marriage on the principle that gratitude is not a good basis for it. To relax, she takes a walking tour, during which she finds a corpse on a beach, adding to her notoriety. The press is naturally interested; Wimsey hastens to the scene, after receiving a tip from a journalist friend, to help shield Harriet from suspicion. The two investigate the death (when they are not romantically sparring) and unmask the"
"returns his love (""Gaudy Night"") and marries him (""Busman's Honeymoon""). Harriet Vane is the only daughter of a country doctor. She was an undergraduate at Shrewsbury College, Oxford (based on Sayers' own Somerville College, the location of which is given as the Balliol College Sports Grounds, now partly occupied by a residential annexe, on Holywell Street) and took a First in English. Her parents both died while she was quite young and she was left to make her own fortune at the age of 23. She has had some success as a writer of detective stories, living and socialising with"
"of Sayers's novels, particularly those involving Harriet Vane, seem to reflect Sayers's own concerns and experiences. Vane, like Sayers, was educated at Oxford (unusual for a woman at the time) and is a mystery writer. Vane initially meets Wimsey when she is tried for poisoning her lover (""Strong Poison""); he insists on participating in the defence preparations for her re-trial, where he falls for her but she rejects him. In ""Have His Carcase"", she collaborates with Wimsey to solve a murder but still rejects his proposals of marriage. She eventually accepts (""Gaudy Night"") and marries him (""Busman's Honeymoon""). Biographers of"
"Busman's Honeymoon Busman's Honeymoon is a 1937 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her eleventh and last featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, and her fourth and last to feature Harriet Vane. Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane marry and go to spend their honeymoon at Talboys, an old farmhouse in Hertfordshire which he has bought her as a present. The honeymoon is intended as a break from their usual routine of solving crimes (him) and writing about them (her), but it turns into a murder investigation when the seller of the house is found dead at the bottom of the cellar steps"
"Kramer) as the husband-and-wife crimefighters. Frances Crane Frances Kirkwood Crane (October 27, 1890 – November 6, 1981) was an American mystery author, who introduced private investigator Pat Abbott and his future wife Jean in her first novel, ""The Turquoise Shop"" (1941). The Abbotts investigated crimes in a total of 26 volumes, each with a color in the title. Crane was born in Lawrenceville, Illinois, and hailed from a wealthy, well-educated family; most of her male relatives were doctors, and her aunt Nancy may have earned a master's degree, highly unusual for a woman of that time. Some biographies mistakenly list"
"series, ""The Late Scholar"", was published 5 December 2013 in the UK, and 14 January 2014 in North America. Jill Paton Walsh Jill Paton Walsh (born 29 April 1937) is an English novelist and children's writer. She may be known best for the Peter Wimsey–Harriet Vane mysteries that have completed and continued the work of Dorothy Sayers. Born Gillian Bliss, she was educated at St. Michael's Convent, North Finchley, London, and she read English Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford. She lives in Cambridge. In 1961, she married Antony Paton Walsh (died 30 December 2003); the couple had one son"
"an unofficial attaché to the British Foreign Office. Harriet Vane contacts him about a problem she has been asked to investigate in her college at Oxford (""Gaudy Night""). At the end of their investigation, Vane finally accepts Wimsey's proposal of marriage. The couple marry on 8 October 1935, at St Cross Church, Oxford, as depicted in the opening collection of letters and diary entries in ""Busman's Honeymoon"". The Wimseys honeymoon at Talboys, a house in east Hertfordshire near Harriet's childhood home, which Peter has bought for her as a wedding present. There they find the body of the previous owner,"
"Jill Paton Walsh Jill Paton Walsh (born 29 April 1937) is an English novelist and children's writer. She may be known best for the Peter Wimsey–Harriet Vane mysteries that have completed and continued the work of Dorothy Sayers. Born Gillian Bliss, she was educated at St. Michael's Convent, North Finchley, London, and she read English Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford. She lives in Cambridge. In 1961, she married Antony Paton Walsh (died 30 December 2003); the couple had one son and two daughters. In 2004, she married John Rowe Townsend, who died in 2014. Her brother, Christopher Bliss, was"
"described in the novel was accepted by the science of the time, but it is now believed that long-term consumption would in fact have caused many health problems. The novel was adapted for a BBC television series in 1987 starring Edward Petherbridge as Lord Peter and Harriet Walter as Harriet Vane. It has been adapted for radio three times: While Sayers was working on her first novel, ""Whose Body?"", she began a relationship with John Cournos, a writer of Russian-Jewish background. Cournos was an advocate of free love: he did not believe in marriage and did not want children. Cournos"
"The Canary Murder Case The Canary Murder Case (1927) is a murder mystery novel which deals with the murders of a sexy nightclub singer known as ""the Canary,"" and, eventually, her boyfriend, solved by Philo Vance. S. S. Van Dine's classic whodunnit, second in the Philo Vance series, is said by Howard Haycraft to have broken ""all modern publishing records for detective fiction."" The earliest editions give the title with quotation marks around the word ""Canary"", but most subsequent editions omit them. The beautiful Margaret Odell, famous Broadway beauty and ex-Follies girl known as ""The Canary"", is found murdered in"
"preceded by adaptations of ""Whose Body?"", ""Strong Poison"", and ""Gaudy Night"" (all adapted by Frances Limoncelli and produced at Lifeline Theatre). Busman's Honeymoon Busman's Honeymoon is a 1937 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her eleventh and last featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, and her fourth and last to feature Harriet Vane. Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane marry and go to spend their honeymoon at Talboys, an old farmhouse in Hertfordshire which he has bought her as a present. The honeymoon is intended as a break from their usual routine of solving crimes (him) and writing about them (her), but it"
"investigations secretly undertaken by her neighbors Mack and Karen MacKenzie. In 1991, over 8 years after their second divorce, Gary and Val got married for the third time (Valene's fifth marriage, and Gary's fourth). While working on an assignment to write a biography about Greg Sumner (William Devane) in 1992, Valene crosses paths with some mafioso type characters who are targeting Sumner. Fearing that she could expose them, they kidnap Val and she is later believed to have died in a car accident. Joan Van Ark had decided to leave the series in 1992, at the end of Season 13,"
"and to the cares of its daily management, in a way which Peter never was. The Late Scholar The Late Scholar is the fourth Lord Peter Wimsey-Harriet Vane detective novel written by Jill Paton Walsh. Featuring characters created by Dorothy L. Sayers, it was written with the co-operation and approval of Sayers' estate. It was published by Hodder & Stoughton (whose ""yellow jackets"" are alluded to in the book) on December 5, 2013 in the UK, and on January 14, 2014 in North America. ""The Late Scholar"" features the former Lord Peter Wimsey—now the Duke of Denver—and his wife, the"
"is a former arson detective turned private investigator. His wife, Leidl, is a professional psychologist. Together they solve cases. Kate Wilhelm Kate Wilhelm (June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018) was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning ""Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang"", and she established the Clarion Workshop with her husband Damon Knight and writer Robin Scott Wilson. Katie Gertrude Meredith was born in Toledo, Ohio, daughter of Jesse and Ann Meredith. She graduated from high school in Louisville, Kentucky, and worked as a model,"
"Van der Valk also contrasts with his naïve assistant, Inspecteur Johnny Kroon, played by Michael Latimer, and his superior, Hoofd-commissaris Samson, who deals with the political fallout of the cases. (Samson was played by three different actors over the course of the show: Martin Wyldeck for two episodes in 1972, Nigel Stock for 12 episodes in 1977, and lastly Ronald Hines for the revival in 1991-92.) Van der Valk's French wife Arlette was played by three different actresses over the course of the show's twenty-year run: initially by Susan Travers, Joanna Dunham for the third series, and finally Meg Davies"
"the bantering, romantically involved detective duo has become a well-used trope in literature, stage, screen, and television ever since. The characters first appear in Dashiell Hammett's best-selling last novel ""The Thin Man"" (1934). Nick is an alcoholic former private detective who retired when he married Nora, a wealthy Nob Hill heiress. Hammett reportedly modeled Nora on his longtime partner Lillian Hellman, and the characters' boozy, flippant dialogue on their relationship. (The novel also mentions that Nick was once a Pinkerton detective, as was Hammett.) The novel is considered one of the seminal texts of the hard-boiled subgenre of mystery novels,"
"he married Nancy Cecil Bull in 1965. List of works published by ""Henry Wade"". ""Policeman's Lot"", 1933 ""Here Comes the Copper"", 1938 Other Stories Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet Major Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet, CVO, DSO (10 September 1887 – 30 May 1969), also known by his pen name Henry Wade, was Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire from 1954 to 1961. He was also one of the leading authors during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Aubrey-Fletcher was the only son and second child of Sir Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 5th Baronet and Emily Harriet Wade, though his father had already"
"human being. Sayers introduced the character of detective novelist Harriet Vane in ""Strong Poison"". She remarked more than once that she had developed the ""husky voiced, dark-eyed"" Harriet to put an end to Lord Peter via matrimony. But in the course of writing ""Gaudy Night"", Sayers imbued Lord Peter and Harriet with so much life that she was never able, as she put it, to ""see Lord Peter exit the stage"". Sayers did not content herself with writing pure detective stories; she explored the difficulties of First World War veterans in ""The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club"", discussed the ethics"
"to deceive the Nazis. After the war, he served stateside in Hawaii. In 1956, he was married to Betty Jane Folker. Together they had four children: Kerry Scarvie, Diana Bullock, Courtney Bullock and Andy Bullock; and three grandchildren: Sean Bullock, Samantha Scarvie and Andrew Scarvie. In DC Comics' Batman series, a police officer sharing Bullock's name was named as such as a tribute to Bullock. Bullock died at the age of 84 on April 24, 2006 due to age-related illness. Coincidentally, in the Batman Comics and TV shows, there is a detective by the same name. Bullock (with Allen) received"
"years and is attracted to him, though it is not explicitly stated whether they were lovers. Wimsey likes her, respects her, and enjoys her company—but that is not enough. In ""Strong Poison"", she is the first person other than Wimsey himself to realise that he has fallen in love with Harriet. In ""Strong Poison"" Lord Peter encounters Harriet Vane, a cerebral, Oxford-educated mystery writer, while she is on trial for the murder of her former lover. He falls in love with her at first sight. Wimsey saves her from the gallows, but she believes that gratitude is not a good"
"her service in September 1918. After the war, Agatha and Archie Christie settled in a flat at 5 Northwick Terrace in St. John's Wood, northwest London. Christie had long been a fan of detective novels, having enjoyed Wilkie Collins's ""The Woman in White"" and ""The Moonstone"", as well as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's early Sherlock Holmes stories. She wrote her own detective novel, ""The Mysterious Affair at Styles"", featuring Hercule Poirot, a former Belgian police officer noted for his twirly large ""magnificent moustaches"" and egg-shaped head. Poirot had taken refuge in Britain after Germany invaded Belgium. Christie's inspiration for the"
"patrol officer and eventually attained the position of Homicide Detective. He was also assigned to a vice detail for a year. He was married to Hester Rose Crane, a forensic psychiatrist whom he met in 1952 at a murder scene (it would later be revealed that Hester would commemorate their anniversary every year by making gingerbread men in the shape of the corpse). They remained married until her death in 1987, some six years before Martin moves in with Frasier. Hester rejected his first marriage proposal, but the two married when she became pregnant with Frasier. The marriage was mostly"
"book reflects the mindset at the time of writing, when the outbreak of the Second World War had not yet come to seem inevitable. In the frame of the book's plot, Wimsey's diplomatic obligations serve as a plot device to keep him away from Britain, and leave Harriet on her own for most of the book, to try to solve the mystery at Oxford without his help. The book was adapted for television in 1987 as part of a series starring Edward Petherbridge as Lord Peter and Harriet Walter as Harriet Vane. A reference to Chancellor Brüning dates the adaptation"
"Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot (, ; ) is a fictional Belgian detective, created by Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 42 novels, one play (""Black Coffee""), and more than 50 short stories published between 1920 and 1975. Poirot has been portrayed on radio, in film and on television by various actors, including Austin Trevor, John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina, Orson Welles, David Suchet, Kenneth Branagh and John Malkovich. Poirot's name was derived from two other fictional detectives of the time: Marie Belloc Lowndes' Hercule Popeau"
"is ""not"" a gentleman, and is unable to break Rachel's reticence about what is clearly an inside job. The mystery is eventually solved by Franklin Blake, who is a gifted amateur—and definitely a member of the gentry. The social difference between Collins' two detectives is nicely shown by their relationships with the Verinder family: Sergeant Cuff becomes a great friend of Lady Verinder's steward (chief servant), whereas Franklin Blake eventually marries Rachel, her daughter. The most famous of all fictional detectives, Sherlock Holmes, may also be considered a gentleman, at least by background. Holmes was the creation of Scottish author"
"fought in both the First World War and Second World War with the Grenadier Guards, being awarded the Distinguished Service Order and French ""Croix de guerre"" in 1917. He was a member of Buckinghamshire County Council and appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1925. He played Minor counties cricket between 1921 and 1928 for Buckinghamshire. He was also, under the pen name of Henry Wade, a noted mystery writer and one of the founding members of the Detection Club. He married Mary Augusta Chilton in 1911 and with her had 5 children: After the death of his wife in 1963,"
"resilient private detective in a namesake role. The nearest competitors were ""Nick Carter, Master Detective"" (726 broadcasts), ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" (657) and ""The Adventures of the Falcon"" (473). Over a span of 13 years, Bennett appeared on nearly 1300 of the 1700 broadcasts. At age 67, Bennett made his last appearance as Mr. Keen on October 26, 1950, the show's 1314th broadcast. Bennett married Mabel Alice Cromer (b. May 4, 1890, Revere, MA) April 29, 1909, in Boston, MA. Kilpack sent his wife to Paris but, according to ""The New York Times"", failed to follow her there as"
"1990 for ""Lyonesse: Madouc"". He also won an Edgar Award for the best first mystery novel in 1961 for ""The Man in the Cage"". A 2009 profile in ""The New York Times Magazine"" described Vance as ""one of American literature's most distinctive and undervalued voices"". He died at his home in Oakland, California on May 26, 2013, aged 96. Vance's grandfather is believed to have arrived in California from Michigan a decade before the Gold Rush and married a San Francisco girl. Early family records were apparently destroyed in the fire following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Vance's early childhood"
"fans (and even friends) sometimes thought. Some view Vane as a stand-in for the author, although Vane has many more faults than most such characters. Sayers was among the first generation of women to receive an Oxford education, graduating BA with first-class honours in 1915 and as an MA in 1920. She gave Harriet Vane, too, an Oxford education. Vane's relationship with Boyes has many similarities with Sayers' love affair (1921–1922) with the author John Cournos (1881–1966), a Russian-born American Jew. Biographers note that Sayers' later relationship with Bill White and her marriage to the fellow writer Oswald Atherton ""Mac"""
"criminals and those who pursue them). ""A Stranger and Afraid"" (1997) covers the story of Caroline Beale. His 2016 book ""We'll All Be Murdered In Our Beds"" draws on his many years as a crime correspondent. Duncan Campbell (journalist, born 1944) Duncan Campbell (born 1944) is a British journalist and author who has worked particularly on crime issues. He was a senior reporter/correspondent for ""The Guardian"" from 1987 until 2010. Campbell is married to British actress Julie Christie; they have lived together since 1979, but the date they wed is disputed. In January 2008, several news outlets reported that the"
"The Dragon Murder Case The Dragon Murder Case (first published in 1934) is a novel in a series by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. It was also adapted to a film version in 1934, starring Warren William as Vance. A guest at an estate in northern Manhattan (Inwood Hill Park) dives into the swimming pool and disappears. His murder brings up references to a mythological dragon which is said to prey on the imprudent, but Philo Vance uses his knowledge of both dragons and criminals to demonstrate whodunit. The estate in the novel was based on"
"of Horace de Vere Cole, who had first met Wheeler when visiting the Maiden Castle excavations with her then-lover, the painter Augustus John. After she eventually agreed to his repeated requests for marriage, the two were wedded early in 1939 in a ceremony held at Caxton Hall, with a reception at Shelley House. They proceeded on a honeymoon to the Middle East. After a search that had taken several years, Wheeler was able to secure a premises for the Institute of Archaeology: St. John's Lodge in Regent's Park, central London. Left empty since its use as a hospital during the"
"is so steep that the critic who called the ninth of them [i.e. ""The Garden Murder Case""] 'one more stitch in his literary shroud' was not overstating the case."" ""The Garden Murder Case"" (1936) starred Edmund Lowe as Philo Vance, was directed by Edwin L. Marin and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. <br> The Garden Murder Case The Garden Murder Case (first published in 1935) is the ninth in a series of mystery novels by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. Floyd, the son of Professor Garden, invites his socialite friends to the rooftop garden of his father’s New"