Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel
by Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
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- 4 hours to read
- 13 chapters
- Reading level: 6th grade
"Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel" by Dorothy L. Sayers is a mystery novel published in 1923. When an architect discovers a naked corpse wearing only pince-nez spectacles in his London bathtub, the amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey takes on the puzzling case. The body appears connected to the mysterious disappearance of financier Sir Reuben Levy, but evidence suggests otherwise. As Wimsey investigates alongside Inspector Parker, the trail leads to a teaching hospital and a respected surgeon, where secrets darker than anyone imagined await discovery.
- Private investigators · England
- Detective and mystery stories
- Murder · Investigation
- Wimsey, Peter, Lord (Fictitious character), 1890-
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Chapter I
“Oh, damn!” said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus. “Hi, driver!”
The taxi man, irritated at receiving this appeal while negotiating the intricacies of turning into Lower Regent Street across the route of a 19 ’bus, a 38-B and a bicycle, bent an unwilling ear.
“I’ve left the catalogue behind,” said Lord Peter deprecatingly. “Uncommonly careless of me. D’you mind puttin’ back to where we came from?”
“To the Savile Club, sir?”
“No—110 Piccadilly—just beyond—thank you.”
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This free edition of Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel by Dorothy L. Sayers comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #58820, released 2019-02-03. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery, Novels, British Literature.
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