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Автор Сэйерс Дороти Ли
Dorothy L. Sayers
Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel
Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel
By Dorothy L. Sayers
This edition was created and published by Aegitas
2023
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Totally fun! Highly recommended. I was surprised to learn of the copyright date when I finished.
As usual I listened. This whole series is available free to Audible members. Narration was superb, different from other narrators I have liked, and excellent in a different way. I derived great enjoyment from the placement of emphasis on words……. . maybe that was cultural rather than acting, but nonetheless. So fun. Give these books a try if you like interesting phraseology and a good story.
FINALLY! This is my first Dorothy L. Sayers book, after reading the later Peter Wimsey stories by Jill Patton Walsh. Sayers is an incredible author, but she was also a lifelong scholar, and it shows in her writing style. That is a compliment to her not a critique. Her attention to details and deep descriptions are incredible. Although this is the first Wimsey book it is actually Peters second case, the first being The Attenbury Emeralds.
You can read about that in Walsh’s book. In “Whose Body”? Peter and his good friend Inspector Charles Parker have two separate cases. Parker is investigating the disappearance of Sir Reuben Levy, a well-known man in the world of stocks and finances. Peter, at the behest of his mother, is investigating the appearance of a dead body in the bathtub of Mr. Thipps, who is employed by Peters mother. Mr. Thipps has no idea who the body is or how it got into his tub wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez. However, as Peter becomes interested in Parkers case, he realizes an amazing coincidence that leads him to wonder, are these in fact two separate cases or are they actually connected? I really enjoyed how the cases are solved and the brain of Sayers in coming up with such a compelling mystery that left you guessing until the end. I can’t wait to read more of the earlier Wimsey books.I first read the Peter Wimsey books during my undergrad, when I was doing a crime fiction course. Then, recently, I listened to the radio plays – I haven't finished yet, in fact. Wimsey endeared himself to me over the course of the novels – and Ian Carmichael is brilliant for him in the radio plays – so I come to this first book again ready to find him endearing, to know and love Bunter and Parker and the Dowager Duchess.
I wasn't disappointed. There was more here than I was expecting: the Dowager Duchess being so clever; Bunter caring so much for Peter; Parker's intelligence and faithfulness. He's no Watson, and not is Bunter: they're all different, not quite how you expect. The book emphasises Peter's shell shock and moral dilemmas, too, which gives the story a bit more depth than in the radio plays – they're very faithful to the books: it's just a matter of emphasis (and Peter Carmichael outshines everyone, though I wish they didn't switch Parker's actor; the first one is the best).
