Dorothy and Agatha - Softcover

Larsen, Gaylord

3.39

67 ratings by Goodreads

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ISBN 10: 0451403142 ISBN 13: 9780451403148

Publisher: Onyx, 1992

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The prime suspect in a murder case, Dorothy Sayers calls upon her friends from the Detective Club--namely A. A. Milne, Agatha Christie, and others--to help her clear her name. Reprint.

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From Publishers Weekly:

This literary fantasy uniting crime writers Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers as sleuths has promising moments, but is, overall, disappointing. When the corpse of an unidentified man is found in Sayers's English village home, where she is preparing for the 1937 production of her religious play, The Zeal in Thy House , Christie agrees to investigate. Christie discovers a secret Sayers had been trying desperately to hide, and despite some mutual antipathy, the novelists join forces. With their only clue the unusual nature of the gun used in the killing, the duo, pursued by a crass and persistent female American journalist, uncovers a tie to a gassing incident during WW I which had also involved Sayers's husband, the now alcoholic MacDonald Fleming. Another death and two near-fatalities occur before the killer is unmasked and Sayers extricated from her difficulties. Larsen's ( Crossing the Pyrenees ) pedestrian and often infelicitous prose further hampers this generally pallid novel, which does no service to the doyennes of the British mystery.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal:

YA-- When a body is discovered in the home of Dorothy Sayers, the Detective Club of famous British writers wants to solve the murder to eliminate the bad publicity that might follow. When they almost make matters worse, Agatha Christie takes over, identifies each clue, tracks it down, and solves the case. The background of the story shows the strong influence of World War I on the lives of the Britons--even as late as the time of the rise of Adolf Hitler. This entertaining novel brings Agatha and Dorothy to life and gives insight into their personalities even if in a fictional situation. The caricatures of these prim and proper ladies having tea (with pinkies curled) over a bleeding body will attract the attention of YAs.
- Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
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