Further stories based on original material were published under the authorship of Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh, the last appearing in 2013.
[4] The original stories written by Sayers take place between 1921 and 1937; the continuation novels by Walsh extend through the Second World War and into the 1950s.
He has a talent for music hall mimicry,[5] and assists Wimsey in purchasing rare books and solving crimes.
Bunter occupies a high social position among domestic staff owing to his role as a valet.
He possesses a wide-angled lens[8] and a spy camera in his pocket,[10] and photographs crime scenes and fingerprints.
[7] In Strong Poison,[11] Wimsey begins a courtship with Harriet Vane, which eclipses Bunter's role in the story.
Bunter sees newspaper items referring to the Duke of Denver's arrest, and they return by air to Yorkshire.
c. 1923: Bunter works in the background of the events of "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers", set in America.
[14] 1923–26: Bunter takes photos of suspects in Paris using a small camera hidden in his breast pocket.
[15] In The Unprincipled affair of the Practical Joker, Bunter stays at a hotel with Wimsey, but has no part in the story.
[16] In The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head,[17] Bunter assists in capturing burglars, but has no part in finding the treasure.
1927: In Unnatural Death,[18] Bunter's photographic skills provide a vital clue to a double identity.
1930: In Strong Poison,[11] Harriet Vane is introduced, and Bunter realises that Lord Peter has fallen in love.
Bunter's liaison with a domestic staff member is a major help in proving that a mysterious powder is arsenic.
1932: In "The Queen's Square",[25] at a country house Christmas party attended by Wimsey, Bunter assists with the refreshments.
When the village is flooded, Bunter acts as butler for the whole parish, including his music hall impressions.
He deals with the strange circumstances surrounding their arrival at Talboys and efficiently sets up a support group over which he presides.
1936–37: In Thrones, Dominations,[7] Bunter is in service to Vane and Wimsey in their London house, with his brother Meredith as butler.
He uses his camera at the scene of the crime and discovers a blocked sink; he goes to France with Wimsey on a diplomatic mission concerning the new king Edward VIII.
His wife, Hope, is working on aerial reconnaissance at Lopsley Manor; their son is with her parents in Evesham.
Bunter attempts to rejoin the services, but is too old and instead takes part in organising the local Home Guard unit; he makes pellets for their shotguns.
In the 1998 horror novel Bag of Bones by Stephen King, Bunter is the name given to the moose head that sits over the fireplace of main character Mike Noonan's vacation house.