Lord Peter Wimsey 04 - Lord Peter Views the Body

✍ Scribed by Sayers, Dorothy L

• Book ID: 108376042
• Publisher: Open Road Media
• Year: 1927
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 659 KB
• Series: Lord Peter Wimsey 4
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781848943766

✦ Synopsis

Only Lord Peter has the wit to find the solution to these twelve baffling mysteries

Some aristocrats spend their lives shooting, but Lord Peter Wimsey is a hunter of a different kind: a bloodhound with a nose for murder. Before he became Britains most famous detective, Lord Peter contented himself with solving the crimes he came across by chance. In this volume of short stories, he confronts a stolen stomach, a man with copper fingers, and a deadly adventure at Ali Babas cave, among other conundrums. These mysteries tax not just his intellect, but his humor, knowledge of metallurgy, and taste for fine wines. Its not easy being a gentleman sleuth, but Lord Peter is the man for the job.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Sayers including rare images from the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College.

From Library Journal

Lord Peter Views the Body is a collection of the early adventures of Lord Peter Wimsey, Sayers's upper-class detective. Those already familiar with Wimsey's foibles and illustrious career from Sayers's full-length novels, will meet the "early" Lord Peter here. At this period, his character still alternates between being a "silly ass" (to quote his own description) and a superhero of detection. Regular listeners will find that several of the stories are surprisingly graphic and creepy. The insanely jealous artist who makes his own furniture ("The Abominable History of the Man with the Copper Fingers") is someone Alfred Hitchcock would have liked to meet, and the tale of great-uncle Joseph's legacy to his grand-nephew ("The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach") requires a strong stomach. The solutions to these problems test Wimsey's acting ability, his counterespionage skills, his knowledge of metallurgy, and his palate for fine wines ("The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba"). He even solves one crime ("The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face") without having ever seen the body, the clues, the scene of the murder, or any of the possible suspects. Actor Ian Carmichael's fluid reading allows the listener to appreciate fully Sayers's skill with language and vocabulary. Oddly, although this audiobook is marketed as "unabridged," there are only nine mysteries here; the complete print version contains 12. One of the missing tales concerns the visual clues involved in a complex crossword puzzle, so it is not hard to understand why that one has been deleted. Originally produced in 1993, these tapes have been repackaged into a flimsy cardboard box. Most libraries will want to move the cassettes into a sturdier case that will hold up to circulation. Recommended where the works of Sayers are popular. Barbara L. Rhodes, Northeast Texas Lib. Syst., Garland
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Review

Surprisingly graphic and creepy . . . complex. Library Journal

I admire [Sayers] novels. . . . She has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail. Ruth Rendell

D. L. Sayers is one of the best. The Daily Telegraph

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