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Whose Body?

Autor Dorothy L. Sayers
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 feb 2020
Praise for Dorothy Sayers: “Part of the Golden Age of mystery writers . . . Sayers is often credited as the most intelligent of them all”—The Guardian

In this new edition of Dorothy Sayers’s Whose Body?, readers are introduced to the star of her mystery series, Lord Peter Wimsey. In this first book of Sayers’s series, Peter, an amateur sleuth, is intrigued and mystified by the sudden appearance of a naked body in the bathtub of an architect. Meanwhile, another man, a financier, is reported missing, last having been seen leaving his house stark naked! Though originally thought to be two separate occurrences, as Peter investigates, he discovers the death and the disappearance are indeed related. As clues amass and become stranger and stranger, will Lord Peter be able to solve the mystery?

Follow along with Lord Peter Wimsey in this new and improved edition of Dorothy Sayers’s original debut novel Whose Body? With a beautiful new cover and enhanced text and footnotes, this novel will be sure to leave any mystery or historical fiction fan begging for more.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781945186776
ISBN-10: 1945186771
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 137 x 207 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Clydesdale

Notă biografică

Dorothy Sayers was born in Oxford to Reverend Henry Sayers. She grew up to major in modern languages and then work in publishing and later as a copywriter. She published her debut novel, Whose Body? in 1923, and it became the first of her fourteen-part mystery series. After first creating a play based on her mystery series, she began writing more plays, including The Man to Be Born King, which faced much opposition for having the character of Christ speak in modern English. Sayers passed away in England in 1956.

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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.


Recenzii

She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller.
She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.
Sayers is one of the best detective story writers.
I admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail.