Strong Poison (32 page)
“My God!” said the Duke, “you’re not going to marry a policewoman?”
“Not quite,” said Wimsey. “I intend to marry the prisoner.”
“Wha?” said the Duke. “God lord, what, what?”
“If she’ll have me,” said Lord Peter
About The Author
British author Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) is widely recognized as a master of the detective story genre. Her fourteen novels that feature aristocrat, scholar, and sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey were well received in their first publication, and have become bestselling classics.
Sayers was one of the first women ever to receive a degree from Oxford, in the field of medieval linguistics. Her other works include plays, critical essays on medieval literature, and a translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
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