The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection: Books 1-5

Whose Body?; Clouds of Witness; Unnatural Death; Lord Peter Views the Body; The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

De: Dorothy L. Sayers

Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble

This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of the first five Lord Peter Wimsey detective books, read by Audie award-winning narrator Jonathan Keeble. A must-listen for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries, Lord Peter Wimsey is the immortal amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

The books included here are:

Whose Body?, Book One: In this, his first murder case, Lord Peter untangles the ghastly mystery of the corpse in the bath. The naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder - especially with a pair of gold pince-nez deliberately perched before the sightless eyes. What's more, the face appeared to have been shaved after death. The police assumed that the victim was a prominent financier, but Lord Peter Wimsey, who dabbled in mystery detection as a hobby, knew better.

Clouds of Witness, Book Two: The Duke of Denver, accused of murder, stands trial for his life in the House of Lords. Naturally, his brother Lord Peter Wimsey is investigating the crime - this is a family affair. The murder took place at the duke's shooting lodge and Lord Peter's sister was engaged to marry the dead man. But why does the duke refuse to cooperate with the investigation? Can he really be guilty, or is he covering up for someone?

Unnatural Death, Book Three: The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead - a trifle sooner than expected - but there are no apparent signs of foul play. Lord Peter Wimsey, however, senses that something is amiss and refuses to let the case rest--even without any clues or leads. Suddenly, he is faced with another murder: Agatha's maid. Can super-sleuth Wimsey find the murderer and solve the case before he becomes the killer's next victim?

Lord Peter Views the Body, Book Four: In this delightful collection of 12 Wimsey adventures, Dorothy L. Sayers reveals a gruesome but bewitching side rarely shown in Lord Peter's full-length adventures. He deals with such marvels as the man with copper fingers, Uncle Meleager's missing will, the cat in the bag, the footsteps that ran, the stolen stomach, and the man without a face.

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Book Five: Ninety-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died—and the time of death was the determining factor in a half-million-pound inheritance. Lord Peter Wimsey would need every bit of his amazing skills to unravel the mysteries of why the General's lapel was without a red poppy on Armistice Day, how the club's telephone was fixed without a repairman, and, most puzzling of all, why the great man's knee swung freely when the rest of him was stiff with rigor mortis.

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Narrator

Jonathan Keeble has done a masterful job of narrating these stories! The variety of voices and accents made it delightful.

Finally! A good recording of one of my fav queens of mystery.

The performance was wonderful, and these are some of my favorite mysteries. Deftly mixing humor and social commentary and intrigue. The characters are fantastic.

Fantastic!

What an imagination!!! Enjoyed all the stories…including the short stories. Great narration!!! And Lord Peter just too fun. Hope to read/listen to more of her works.

Lord Peter improves his investigative tactfulness. The narrator is really good.

The narrator is good at differentiating voices.
The books are interesting and change gears from one to the next so you don’t get déjà vu. Some of the books in are a collection of adventures, quick vignettes, where the successes tally up. I like seeing how Lord Peter reacts. He makes himself out to be shallow but is really rather deep. There is some hint about his backstory that I wonder might come back to bite him in one of the later books. I wish this narrator could have done more of these.

What a treasure to find..!

I had no idea that this gem was a possibility and I consider myself blessed to have find this series, I put it right up there with P.G wood house, Sherlock, father brown and the like..! What a wonderful piece

Excellent narration & interesting stories

They start out sort of slow, but build momentum and unexpected solutions. The date of these writing lend themselves to a touch of racism on rare occasions, but it’s fleeting and not the view of the hero or main characters who are charitable to all. So in a sense, they were “before their time”.

I love the narrator, the wittiness of Lord Peter, and the humor written into the characters. It’s more light hearted than Agatha Christie or Doyle.

Excellent story telling!!

I enjoyed the stories by Sayers and the talented narrator! Sayer's writing style makes Lord Peter Wimsey a very unique, complicated character!

Mystery at its finest

This collection by Sayers is inspiring and intriguing. She makes one listen to each story and it becomes real to the listener.
Much enjoyed listening to.

A great collection for Wimsey fans

This has the short stories plus four of the novels. It’s missing Five Red Herrings and Busman’s Honeymoon. The performance is generally very good, although the reader’s French is not always accurate.

Wonderful narrator. A treat to listen.

Just remember the books contain disgusting prejudices prevalent at the time Sayers wrote these novels. I chose to hold my nose and read on because the plots are ingenious and the characters delightful in spite of their foibles.