Hangman's holiday Book

I rarely read short stories, but I greatly enjoyed this collection by Dorothy L.Sayers, which includes four Lord Peter Wimsey stories, six featuring travelling salesman Montague Egg (I do wish he had merited his own novel) and two stand alone stories.

I read this as part of my attempt to, finally, read all of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels/stories. However, I have to say that my very favourites in this collection were the two final stories in this book; the stand alone stories, "The Man Who Knew How," and "The Fountain Plays." Of the Lord Peter stories, "The Queen's Square," concerning a murder at a ball had a lot of good Wimsey banter, while "The Necklace of Pearls," had a Christmas house party setting.

Montague Egg is a fun character, who appeared in eleven short stories - six appear in this volume, while five appear, "In the Teeth of the Evidence." With his maxim's from the, "Salesman's Handbook," and his intelligent mind, he is a really great amateur detective and interesting character. I look forward to meeting him again in, "In the Teeth of the Evidence," and recommend this collection of stories.