Whose Body?
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The naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder--especially with a pair of gold pince-nez deliberately perched before the sightless eyes. What's more, the face appeared to have been shaved after death. In this, his first murder case, Lord Peter untangles the mystery of the corpse in the bath.
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14 primary books15 released books#1 in Lord Peter Wimsey
Lord Peter Wimsey is a 15-book series with 14 primary works first released in 1923 with contributions by Dorothy L. Sayers.
Series
11 primary books13 released books#1 in Lord Peter Wimsey Chronological
Lord Peter Wimsey Chronological is a 13-book series with 11 primary works first released in 1923 with contributions by Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh.
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Clever plot, but tedious detail causes the plot to move at a glacial pace. And the humour was no doubt funny in 1923, but isn't 98 years later. Wimsey's mode of speech is ludicrous, losing ending “g”'s like an Irishman and sprinkling “don't you know” and “what?” at the end of half his sentences. This is in addition to the casual racism of “a bit of Tar-baby in his background” and a “decent enough Jew”. Very very dated and not for me. No Lord Peter Wimsey in my future.
