{{short description|1939 short story collection by Dorothy Sayers}} {{italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[Image:teeth_evidence.JPG|thumb|First edition]]
'''''In the Teeth of the Evidence''''' is a collection of short stories by [[Dorothy L. Sayers]] first published by [[Victor Gollancz Ltd|Victor Gollancz]]<ref>[https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/in-the-teeth-of-the-evidence-and-other-stories/author/dorothy-l-sayers/ ABE Books website, ''In the Teeth of Evidence and other stories'']</ref> in [[1939 in literature|1939]].<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41017496-in-the-teeth-of-the-evidence GoodReads website, ''In the Teeth of Evidence'']</ref> The book's title is taken from the first story in the collection.
==Contents== *[[Lord Peter Wimsey]] stories: **"In the Teeth of the Evidence"{{snd}}A dentist is poisoned and dies in a car fire, supposedly by suicide or accident, but Wimsey suspects murder and identity fraud. **"Absolutely Elsewhere"{{snd}}Wealthy debt-collector Mr. Grimbold is murdered, but all the suspects have alibis related to a series of phone calls, which Wimsey and Parker must unravel. *[[Montague Egg]] stories: **"A Shot at Goal"{{snd}}Mr. Egg is drawn into a murder mystery revolving around a heated [[soccer|football]] controversy. **"Dirt Cheap"{{snd}}A fellow traveling salesman is murdered for his jewelry case, and the evidence of Mr. Egg's clock helps to avenge him. **"Bitter Almonds"{{snd}}An old gentleman's death causes great embarrassment for Mr. Egg when one of his own wines is involved. **"False Weight"{{snd}}Mr. Egg investigates another fellow traveling salesman's death, this time with bigamy as the motive. **"The Professor's Manuscript"{{snd}}Ill-fitting false teeth and a strange set of old books tip Mr. Egg off that something is not right with one of his new clients. *Other stories: **"The Milk-Bottles"{{snd}}A terrible smell and accumulating milk bottles cause neighbors to think a quarrelsome neighbor has murdered his wife. **"Dilemma"{{snd}}Two men exchange stories of doubt, one a doctor who saved a vital manuscript on [[sleeping sickness]] instead of a drunken butler in a fire, and the other a detective who saved a child in a fire instead of evidence that would save an innocent man. **"An Arrow O'er the House"{{snd}}A devoted secretary and her author employer find themselves embroiled in a mystery eerily similar to something he wrote. **"Scrawns"{{snd}}A young lady is given a job in a house with some terrifying fellow servants. **"Nebuchadnezzar"{{snd}}An elaborate, Biblical-themed game of charades causes a man with a guilty secret to suspect someone knows what he has done. **"The Inspiration of Mr. Budd"- An impoverished hairdresser desperate for clients must make a terrible choice when he realizes his latest client is a wanted murderer. **"Blood Sacrifice"{{snd}}A playwright tricked by a legal contract into drastically altering his beloved script finds himself in the position of having to save the life of the man who deceived him. **"Suspicion"{{snd}}A man suspects a woman of murder but has no proof. **"The Leopard Lady"{{snd}}A sinister [[moving van|removal van]] sparks a mystery. **"The Cyprian Cat"{{snd}}A supernatural story in which a man who fears cats encounters a woman who behaves like one, and a strange feral cat that seems to be haunting him.
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