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Lord Peter Whimsey Book 1: Whose Body?

AuthorDorothy L. Sayers

NarratorFrederick Davidson

SeriesLord Peter Wimsey, Book 1

Duration12h 59m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Cosy Crime

PublisherBlackstone Audiobooks

VersionUnabridged

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Enter the 1920s' Golden Age of Detection with this first novel from Dorothy L. Sayers featuring the debut of a dashing gentleman detective, one of the great characters of mystery fiction - Lord Peter Wimsey. An unidentified corpse is found in a bathtub, and the police are jumping to conclusions about its identity and that of the murderer. Lord Peter Wimsey steps in and, with the help of his friend Inspector Parker and his manservant Bunter, solves the mystery.

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