"Gaudy Night stands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class by herself." -- Times Literary Supplement (London)

"[Sayers] brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit." -- P.D. James

"One of the greatest mystery story writers of this century." -- Los Angeles Times

"So excitingly good in its field, so brilliantly planned and so excellently written, that even the weariest able minds and the jumpiest nerves should react pleasingly to it." -- New York Times

"Dorothy Sayers is in a class by herself." -- Chicago Tribune

"Very skillfull writing. Miss Sayers has done a real tour de force, and done it with ease and grace." -- Saturday Review

"A royal performance." -- The Spectator