The twelfth book in the classic British detective series featuring amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, with a new introduction by actress Dame Harriet Mary Walter, DBE.

Scandal stalks the dreaming spires.

When mystery author Harriet Vane returns to her old Oxford college for a reunion, she finds the venerable institution under siege from a campaign of anonymous malice.

Tensions rise and reputations are threatened, as obscene graffiti, poison pen letters and crude effigies circulate the campus.

With the reluctant help of her old friend Lord Peter Wimsey, Harriet must navigate a world of scholarship, ambition, and hidden resentments - and uncover the culprit before their venom spreads beyond repair . . .

Elegant, witty, and deeply humane, Gaudy Night is a mystery that lingers long after its solution is revealed, a masterpiece from one of our greatest ever storytellers.