Three Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Novels: Whose Body?, Murder Must Advertise, Gaudy Night

By Dorothy L. Sayers

Book Overview

"Whose Body?"--The stark 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517077779
• ISBN13: 9780517077771
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
• Length: 586 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 2.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A good survey set.

This is a strange combination of Dorothy L. Sayers’s mysteries. However, if you just wanted a good overview of her mysteries, this is a nice set. If you intend to read more, skip this strange combination. -------------------------------- Whose body? From the very beginning of this story, we are captured by Sayers’ writing style and character sketches. She only gets better from here. It is the interaction and relationship of her characters that make the story come alive. We start with two mysteries at once. A naked man, wearing sunglasses, is found in someone else’s bathtub. Across town, an important person goes missing. The local police officer had figured out the relationship already (or has he?). He has even nabbed the suspects. Lord Peter (amateur sleuth) and a friend of Inspector Parker must figure out if one plus one is one or two. ------------------------ Murder must advertise. I only saw the movie. Peter Wimsey goes undercover to solve a “whodunit” ----------------------- Gaudy Night My first encounter with Dorothy L. Sayers was the Mobile Mystery Theater series showing on PBS. Unfortunately, I did not realize that my video player was also a recorder until "Gaudy Night" was on Mystery Theater. In that sense, I was lucky to copy the complete three hours of "Gaudy Night." I now own the DVD that came out in 2002. Naturally, the TV media cannot fill in all the details that you would pick up from reading the book, so I read the book. This added more depth and character to the story. Dorothy not only fleshes her characters out, but her side trips into philosophy and psychology make the story that much more interesting. Just when you ask what the relevance to this conversation it is wrapped up in the final solution. This is the third of the fourth book series. Enough background information is given, however, to make this a stand-alone story. The notorious Harriet Vane is invited to a class reunion. She is looking forward to a quiet time with a better part of her history. Once there, she starts getting notes that carry negative connotations. The notes are pasted together from cut-out newspaper words. Soon others will receive the notes. The school authorities request Harriet to help quietly find the underlying cause of this. Circumstances eventually force her once more to go to Lord Peter Wimsey for help. I am oversimplifying the plot, but it is better to discover it for yourself.

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The book was advertised as good condition and with the book cover. It didn't come with the cover and the back half of the book has rippled/dark pages. This book did not meet the standard from the description. I am disappointed as this was a gift to my mom who lost her books in a house fire and this was to help replace one of her favorites.