Lord Peter Wimsey knew immediately what the corpse was supposed to be. On his dead face, a handsome pair of gold pince-nez mocked death with grotesque elegance. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library. The first book in the classic British detective series featuring amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, with a new introduction by crime writer and reviewer. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers Daily Telegraph It was the body of a tall stout man. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Lord Peter was featured in more than ten novels, and remains a popular character in detective fiction. But in the process, Wimsey and Peter discover that they have placed their own lives in jeopardy.ĭorothy Sayers’s Whose Body? introduced the immensely popular amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, as well as his friend, Inspector Parker, and his mother, the formidable Dowager Duchess. A dead body, a missing financier, and the hasty trading of Peruvian oil shares set Lord Peter Wimsey and his associate, Inspector Parker, on the hunt to piece these seemingly unrelated pieces evidence together.
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