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Der erste Fall für Dorothy L. Sayers' beliebten Krimihelden Lord Peter Wimsey. "Eine der vergnüglichsten Lektüreerfahrungen überhaupt." (Denis Scheck) Mr. Thipps staunt nicht schlecht, als er am Morgen sein Badezimmer betritt und in der Wanne die Leiche eines Mannes vorfindet. Von einem kleinen Zwicker auf der Nase abgesehen, ist der Tote splitterfasernackt. Panisch alarmiert Thipps die Polizei, bei der er sich gleich selbst zum Hauptverdäch...

When a dead body, carefully arranged and naked except for a pince-nez, is discovered in a bathtub, amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, deducing the man is not who he appears to be, takes it upon himself to solve the mystery, leading to an array of twists and turns that make Whose Body a masterful, intricate, immersive, and supremely intelligent whodunit-the novel that established Dorothy L. Sayers as a master of the mystery novel, while introduc...

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2019 Reprint of 1923 Edition. A naked body is discovered in the bathroom of a London architect's apartment. Is it Sir Reuben Levy, the well-known financier who recently disappeared? Or is it a stiff dragged from the dissecting rooms of St. Luke's Hospital? Lord Peter Wimsey must unravel the tangled threads that lead from a prostitute, to a well-known surgeon, and to a mysterious reunion at a London night-club. In Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers ...

Whose Body?, first published in 1923, introduces the inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey to the world of crime. When a corpse, wearing only spectacles, is discovered in a bathtub in Battersea, Lord Peter must determine the identity of both the criminal and the victim. Assisted by Charles Parker of Scotland Yard and his matchless valet Bunter, Lord Peter realizes that the sudden and mysterious disappearance of Sir Reuben Levy, a prominent London finan...

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Mystery novelist Harriet Vane, recovering from an unhappy love affair and its most unpleasant aftermath, seeks solace on a barren beach deserted but for one notable exception: the body of a bearded young man with his throat cut. From the moment she photographs the corpse, which soon disappears with the tide, she is puzzled by a mystery that might easily have been a suicide, a murder, or a political plot. With the appearance of her dear friend ...

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Whose Body? is perhaps the greatest debut novel every written. In it Dorothy L. Sayers introduces us to her brilliant detective Lord Peter Wimsey.

Whose Body? is perhaps the greatest debut novel every written. In it Dorothy L. Sayers introduces us to her brilliant detective Lord Peter Wimsey.

Sayer, Äôs classic cozy mystery introduces the debonair aristocrat-sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.

A unique anthology for crime aficionados - seven of the world's most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation.

Whose Body? is a 1923 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, which introduced the character of Lord Peter Wimsey. Lord Peter is intrigued by the sudden appearance of a naked body in the bath of an architect, and investigates. A noted financier has also gone missing under strange circumstances, and as the case progresses it becomes clear that the two events are linked in some way… (wikipedia.org)

Whose Body? is a 1923 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, which introduced the character of Lord Peter Wimsey. Lord Peter is intrigued by the sudden appearance of a naked body in the bath of an architect, and investigates. A noted financier has also gone missing under strange circumstances, and as the case progresses it becomes clear that the two events are linked in some way… (wikipedia.org)