Whose Body? - Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery: Book 1

Zusatztext She brought to the detective novel originality! intelligence! energy and wit. Informationen zum Autor 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. www.sayers.org.uk Klappentext 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 visit www.sayers.org.uk. Zusammenfassung The first book in the classic British detective series featuring amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, with a new introduction by crime writer and reviewer Laura Wilson.

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy L Sayers, Dorothy L Sayers, Dorothy L Sayers, Dorothy L. Sayers
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.08.2016
• EAN: 9781473621251
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-2125-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Lord Peter Wimsey; Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries; Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries; Lord Peter Wimsey; Ein Fall für Lord Peter Wimsey / Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries; Sorcha Editor D L Sayers
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Crime and mystery fiction