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Whose Body?

Dorothy Leigh Sayers

Whose Body?

Paper book: €26.99

Digital: €10.99

Original publication
1923
Bilingual edition
12 June 2026
Pages
449
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Crime and Thriller
Moods
Solve a mystery
Translated from
English

Book summary

One morning in London, a modest architect finds in his bath the body of a stranger, wearing nothing but a gold pince-nez. On the same day, a rich financier vanishes without a trace. Lord Peter Wimsey, an elegant aristocrat and amateur detective, takes up the case with the help of Bunter, his faithful manservant.

It is the first case for Lord Peter, a hero as funny as he is brilliant, whose light-hearted manner hides a formidable nose for the truth.

With its humorous dialogue, this novel is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

A dead stranger in the bath. In London, Mr Thipps, a shy architect, finds a dead stranger in his bath. The man is wearing nothing but a pair of gold pince-nez.

The world of the book

The elegant London of the 1920s. The story takes place in London, shortly after the First World War. Lord Peter lives in a fine flat on Piccadilly, a grand street in the centre, opposite a park. He collects old books…

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