Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)

by Dorothy L. Sayers

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations
1,045	19	2,463	(3.9)	34

Add to your library

Members

all members

Recently added by: bthoenen, donshorey, stephen.andrew.brown, kerriem3, daisypambug, carlym, chelonianmobile, madelf, hoganelsa, onnelianneli

Member tags

numbers | all tags

1(3) 1920s(7) 1930s(3) 2007(4) 20th century(17) audio(4) audiobook(4) borrowed(3) Britain(7) british(38) British Mystery(5) classic(5) crime(47) crime fiction(12) detective(34) detective fiction(5) dorothy l. sayers(12) England(24) english(10) fiction(167) golden age(4) golden age mystery(4) Historical Fiction(3) Inklings(4) library(4) literature(4) Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery(5) murder(10) murder mystery(5) mystery(354) mystery series(3) novel(23) own(7) paperback(19) read(21) sayers(26) series(19) uk(4) unread(8) wimsey(119)

LibraryThing recommendations

Member recommendations:

No member recommendations (contribute a recommendation)

( see more recommendations and anti-recommendations for this book )

Common KnowledgeShare what you know.

view history

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Series (with order)

Lord Peter Wimsey (1)

Canonical Title

Whose Body?

Original publication date

1923

Important places

110A Piccadilly, London, England, UK

People/Characters

Lord Peter Wimsey

Mervyn Bunter

Honoria, Dowager Duchess of Denver

Sir Julian Freke

Christine Ford Levy (Lady Levy)

(show all 8 items)

Awards and honors

Epigraph

Dedication

To M. J. Dear Jim: This book is your fault. If it had not been for your brutal insistence, Lord Peter would never have staggered through to the end of the enquiry. Pray consider that he thanks you with his accustomed suavity. Yours ever, D. L. S.

First words

'Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Book descriptions

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0061043575, Mass Market Paperback)

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder -- especially witha pair of gold pince-nez deliberately perched before the sightless eyes. What's more, the face appeared to have been shaved after death. The police assumed that the victim was a prominent financier, but Lord Peter Wimsey, who dabbled in mystery detection as a hobby, knew better. In this, his first murder case, Lord Peter untangles the ghastly mystery of the corpse in the bath.

(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:30:43 -0400)

(see all 3 descriptions)