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Other Versions of this Book: Audio CD (Unabridged), Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged)
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The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder -- especially witha pair of gold pince-nez deliberately perched before the sightless eyes. What's more, the face appeared to have been shaved after death. The police assumed that the victim was a prominent financier, but Lord Peter Wimsey, who dabbled in mystery detection as a hobby, knew better. In this, his first murder case, Lord Peter untangles the ghastly mystery of the corpse in the bath.
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Sayers created the Lord Peter Wimsey books in the interwar era (between WWI and WWII) and through them, explored the shifting politics, values, and social attitudes of Britain. Lord Peter himself is a wwI veteran of trench warfare and suffers occasional bouts of what we now call Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. He's a younger son and must make his own living, which he sets out to do by solving crimes.
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Kerrigan M. (The off-hand, humorous and charmingly self-deprecating Lord Peter makes a hobby of detecting murderers. His mother obligingly puts him in the way of this one. What starts out as a particularly interesting puzzler turn gruesome and hits a little too close to home.
A strong Lord Peter mystery- highly recommended. Great mystery, great storytelling, great characters.
This was the Lord Peter book I read and after that, I was hooked. This is a stand-alone, not part of the Harriet Vane mini-series.
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