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Lord Peter Views the Body
Chapters (12)
- The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers 0:00
- The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question 47:03
- The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will 1:12:57
- The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag 1:46:15
- The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker 2:17:42
- The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention 2:45:29
- The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran 5:00:17
- The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste 5:38:41
- The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head 6:11:54
- The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach 7:02:02
- The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face 7:50:27
- The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba 8:56:52
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Lord Peter Views the Body is the first collection of short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers featuring the aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. The character of Wimsey had become so popular that Sayers started writing short stories about him, which were then published in magazines like Pearson’s.
There are twelve stories in this collection about mysteries as varied as the consequences of several peculiar wills, to the hazardous breakup of a secret society.