# Hangman's Holiday > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hangman's_Holiday > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hangman's_Holiday.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangman's_Holiday > Source revision: 1355235161 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1933 short story collection by Dorothy Sayers First edition ***Hangman's Holiday***[1] is a collection of short stories, mostly murder mysteries, by [Dorothy L. Sayers](/source/Dorothy_L._Sayers). This collection, the ninth in the [Lord Peter Wimsey](/source/Lord_Peter_Wimsey) series, was first published by [Gollancz](/source/Victor_Gollancz_Ltd) in [1933](/source/1933_in_literature),[2] and has been reprinted a number of times since, for example the 1995 paperback: [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-06-104362-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-104362-8)). ## Contents - [Lord Peter Wimsey](/source/Lord_Peter_Wimsey) stories: - *"[The Image in the Mirror](/source/The_Image_in_the_Mirror)"* – Wimsey must help a man with *[situs inversus](/source/Situs_inversus)*, who believes he is going mad after being haunted by a [doppelganger](/source/Doppelganger). - *"The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey"* – A man studying [Basque culture](/source/Basques) enlists Wimsey's help in saving an [expatriate](/source/Expatriate) American woman whom the villagers believe is bewitched. - *"The Queen's Square"* – Wimsey attends a [fancy dress](/source/Fancy_dress) ball during the Christmas season, where several people dressed as chess pieces become suspected of killing a female blackmailer. - *"The Necklace of Pearls"* – Wimsey tries to avoid scandal when a fun-filled Christmas Eve at Sir Septimus Shale's house turns into an uncomfortable affair after a priceless pearl necklace goes missing. - [Montague Egg](/source/Montague_Egg) stories: - *"The Poisoned Dow '08"* – Mr. Egg arrives at a client's house to find him dead, and the police in need of evidence about a shipment of bottles Mr. Egg delivered earlier. - *"Sleuths on the Scent"* – Mr. Egg uses his knowledge of various professions to flush out a murderer hiding in a pub. - *"Murder in the Morning"* – Mr. Egg finds himself one of those suspected in the murder of a client, and gives evidence at inquest. - *"One Too Many"* – Mr. Egg's knowledge of the train ticket system helps the police find an absconding banker and his secretary. - *"Murder at Pentecost"* – While trying to win a bet against an [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University) student, Mr. Egg discovers the motive and opportunity of a very clever murderer. - *"Maher-Shalal-Hashbaz"* – Mr. Egg helps an impoverished child sell her pet, a fierce orange cat with [a Biblical name](/source/Maher-shalal-hash-baz).[3] The cat subsequently runs away from its new home, and in tracing it back Mr. Egg discovers the brutal murder of more than fifty cats and an elderly man. - Other stories: - *"The Man Who Knew How"* – A man becomes obsessed with finding and stopping what he believes is a serial killer. - *"The Fountain Plays"* – A man being blackmailed tries to figure out how to rid himself of his tormentor, but finds himself at the mercy of a second blackmailer. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Hangman's Holiday"](https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20200631). *www.fadedpage.com*. Retrieved 30 September 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *Hangman's holiday. | WorldCat.org*. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [7706561](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/7706561). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Sayers, Dorothy L. (1971). *Hangman's Holiday* (2nd ed.). London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. p. 234. ## Further reading - ["Hangman's Holiday – Dorothy L Sayers"](https://bookramblings.blog/2021/11/09/hangmans-holiday-dorothy-l-sayers/). *Ramblings on my bookshelves*. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024. - ["Reviews - Hangmans Holiday | The StoryGraph"](https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_reviews/8a42a2b3-c2c1-4208-a450-8145f7854a7d?written_explanations_only=true). *app.thestorygraph.com*. Retrieved 30 September 2024. ## External links - [*Hangman's Holiday*](https://fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20200631) at [Faded Page](/source/Distributed_Proofreaders_Canada) (Canada) v t e Lord Peter Wimsey stories by Dorothy L. Sayers Characters Lord Peter Wimsey Harriet Vane Mervyn Bunter Miss Climpson Charles Parker Duke of Denver (family title) Novels Whose Body? (1923) Clouds of Witness (1926) Unnatural Death (1927) The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928) Strong Poison (1931) The Five Red Herrings (1931) Have His Carcase (1932) Murder Must Advertise (1933) The Nine Tailors (1934) Gaudy Night (1935) Busman's Honeymoon (1937) Short story collections Lord Peter Views the Body (1928) Hangman's Holiday (1933) In the Teeth of the Evidence (1939) Striding Folly (1972) Lord Peter (1972) The Wimsey Papers in The Spectator (1939-1940) Continuations by Jill Paton Walsh Thrones, Dominations (1998; based on unfinished manuscript by Sayers) A Presumption of Death (2002) The Attenbury Emeralds (2010) The Late Scholar (2013) Adaptations The Silent Passenger (1935 film) Busman's Honeymoon (1940 film) Lord Peter Wimsey (1972 television series) Lord Peter Wimsey (1973 radio series) A Dorothy L. 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