Whose Body?

It was the body of a tall stout man. On his dead face, a handsome pair of gold pince-nez mocked death with grotesque elegance.

The body wore nothing else.

Lord Peter Wimsey knew immediately what the corpse was supposed to be. His problem was to find out whose body had found its way into Mr Alfred Thipps' Battersea bathroom.

“She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller. - Minette WaltersI admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail. - P. D. JamesSayers is one of the best detective story writers. - Daily TelegraphShe brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit. - P. D. James”

She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller. - Minette Walters

I admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail. - P. D. James

Sayers is one of the best detective story writers. - Daily Telegraph

She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit. - P. D. James

Dorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957.

It was the body of a tall stout man. On his dead face, a handsome pair of gold pince-nez mocked death with grotesque elegance. The body wore nothing else. Lord Peter Wimsey knew immediately what the corpse was supposed to be. His problem was to find out whose body had found its way into Mr Alfred Thipps' Battersea bathroom. 'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James Dorothy L. Sayers is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the Golden Age of British crime fiction. She wrote eleven novels in the classic series featuring amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey, and several short story collections, all of which are available from Hodder. For more information about her life and work, please

It was the body of a tall stout man. On his dead face, a handsome pair of gold pince-nez mocked death with grotesque elegance.The body wore nothing else.Lord Peter Wimsey knew immediately what the corpse was supposed to be. His problem was to find out whose body had found its way into Mr Alfred Thipps' Battersea bathroom.

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