Whose Body?

by Dorothy L. Sayers · 1923

The debut of aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, who investigates a stray corpse found in a bathtub wearing only a pince-nez.

Books mentioned in Whose Body? (4)

• The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton: “does he come in ‘The Last Days of Pompeii’?”
• The Four Sons of Aymon: “make a special effort for the Caxton folio of the ‘Four Sons of Aymon’—it’s the 1489 folio and unique.”
• The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine: “‘Golden Legend’—Wynkyn de Worde, 1493.”
• Ingoldsby Legends by Richard Harris Barham: “spirited away like the lady in the ‘Ingoldsby Legends,’ body and bones.”