Amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey makes his first outing in Whose Body? with Sayers creating a character that can grow and develop through future stories. A great murder mystery with wonderful characters and a plot to keep you guessing.
January 2010 Guest Editor Diana Gabaldon on DOROTHY L. SAYERS
Mistress of dialogue, character, humor and social nuance. From her, I learned that dialogue is the single most defining trait of character, and just how much you can do with accent, idiom, and dialect. Also, that a character is embedded in his or her social matrix, and that matrix is as important as the individual's personal characteristics.
The first novel by one of the greatest mystery writers of the twentieth century, in which she introduced her popular amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey. "[A] pure pleasure to read." -The New York Times Book Review
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The first novel by one of the greatest mystery writers of the twentieth century, in which she introduced her popular amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey. "[A] pure pleasure to read." -The New York Times Book Review A famous London financier vanishes from his bedroom, leaving no trace.
Whose Body? features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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Whose Body? was written by Dorothy L. Sayers and published by Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Whose Body? has 197 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage Classics series
