Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Whose Body? (Other)

from DeltaQueen50

I was looking forward to my first sampling of Dorothy L. Sayers. Whose Body?, the first book in her Lord Peter Wimsey series was published in 1923 and this series went on to establish her as on of the greatest mystery writers of her time. The book started off well with the discovery of a unknown ...

from DeltaQueen50

I was looking forward to my first sampling of Dorothy L. Sayers. Whose Body?, the first book in her Lord Peter Wimsey series was published in 1923 and this series went on to establish her as on of the greatest mystery writers of her time. The book started off well with the discovery of a unknown ...

from Jim53

Sayers's first Lord Peter Wimsey mystery lacks the calm assurance and mature style of most of the later entries, but it does have its charms. Foremost among these are the characters, particularly Lord Peter himself, his mother, and his manservant Mervyn Bunter. The mystery itself is interesting, ...

from Herenya

I suspect I judged Whose Body? differently after studying Victorian crime fiction - my expectations of a murder mystery have altered and the lack of main female characters and any romantic subplot did not bother me at all. The plot is intriguing: Lord Peter is looking into the case of a man who h...

from sussabmax

I had high hopes for this one, because I love British murder mystery series, and I was hoping to find a new one to enjoy. Honestly, though, I was a bit underwhelmed. The mystery was clever enough, but hard to get close to. I just didn't care that much about it, it seemed more an academic problem....