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Busman’s Honeymoon
''Busman's Honeymoon'' is a 1937 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her eleventh and last featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, and her fourth and last to feature Harriet Vane. Plot introduction Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane marry and go to spend their honeymoon at Talboys, an old farmhouse in Hertfordshire which he has bought her as a present. The honeymoon is intended as a break from his usual routine of solving crimes, and hers of writing about them, but it turns into a murder investigation when the seller of the house is found dead at the bottom of the cellar steps with severe head injuries. Plot After an engagement of some months following the events at the end of ''Gaudy Night'', Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane marry. They plan to spend their honeymoon at Talboys, an old farmhouse in Harriet's native Hertfordshire which Wimsey has bought for her, and they abscond from the wedding reception, evading the assembled reporters. Arriving late at night, they are surprised to find ...
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Dorothy may refer to: *Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name. Arts and entertainment Film and television *Dorothy (TV series), ''Dorothy'' (TV series), 1979 American TV series *Dorothy Mills, a 2008 French movie, sometimes titled simply ''Dorothy'' *DOROTHY, a device used to study tornadoes in the movie ''Twister (1996 film), Twister'' Music *Dorothy (band), a Los Angeles-based rock band *:hu:Dorothy (magyar együttes), Dorothy (band), a disbanded Hungarian rock band *Dorothy, the title of an Old English dance and folk song by Seymour Smith *"Dorothy", a 2019 song by Sulli *"Dorothy", a 2016 song by Her's In other media *Dorothy (opera), ''Dorothy'' (opera), a comic opera (1886) by Stephenson & Cellier *Dorothy (Chase), ''Dorothy'' (Chase), a 1902 painting by William Merritt Chase *Dorothy (comic book), ''Dorothy'' (comic book), a comic book based on the Wizard of Oz *Dorothy, a publishing project, an American publisher Places *Dorothy, Alberta, a haml ...
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Muriel may refer to: Places *Muriel de Zapardiel, a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain *Muriel, Zimbabwe, a settlement *Muriel Lake, British Columbia, Canada *Muriel Lake (Alberta), Canada *Muriel Peak, a summit in California People *Muriel (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with this name *Alma Muriel (1951–2014), Mexican actress *Luis Muriel (born 1991), Colombian footballer Other uses

* 2982 Muriel, an asteroid * Muriel (angel), in Christianity * ''Muriel (film), Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour'' (''Muriel, or The Time of Return''), a 1963 French film * "Muriel", a song by Tom Waits on his 1977 album ''Foreign Affairs (Tom Waits album), Foreign Affairs'' * NZ Trawler Muriel, ''Muriel'', a trawler built in 1907 * Cyclone Maggie/Muriel (1971), in the Indian Ocean * ''Muriel's Wedding,'' a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film {{disambiguation, geo, surname ...
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Miss Marple
Miss Jane Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories. Miss Marple lives in the village of St Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective. Often characterised as an elderly spinster, she is one of Christie's best-known characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen. Her first appearance was in a short story published in '' The Royal Magazine'' in December 1927, " The Tuesday Night Club", which later became the first chapter of '' The Thirteen Problems'' (1932). Her first appearance in a full-length novel was in '' The Murder at the Vicarage'' in 1930, and her last appearance was in '' Sleeping Murder'' in 1976. Origins The character of Miss Marple is based on friends of Christie's step grandmother, Margaret Miller, née West. Christie attributed the inspiration for the character to multiple sources, stating that Miss Marple was "the sort of old lady who would have been rather like some of my step grandmother's Ealing ...
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