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The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder -- especially witha 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. In this, his first murder case, Lord Peter untangles the ghastly mystery of the corpse in the bath.
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Dorothy L. Sayers, long considered one of the top mystery authors of our day, has excelled herself in this delightfully macabre tale which centers around the disappearance of a wealthy financier and the discovery of a nude corpse, wearing a golden pince-nez, in a bathtub. Sayer's most renowned amateur detective, the engaging and amusing Lord Peter Wimsey, sets out to unravel this puzzling case under the jealous eye of Scotland Yard. Needless to say he succeeds in solving things to everyone's ultimate satisfaction, but only after a series of bloodcurdling and hair-raising episodes that will hold you spellbound with anticipation.
Here is a truly rare find for anyone who is interested in top-flight crime fiction. The New York Times said of this book "the tale is better written, and has a good deal more characterization than one finds in the average detective story".
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Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) was a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist. She is best known for her mysteries, a series of 10 novels and two short story collections set between World War I and World War II that feature English aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey and detective novelist Harriet Vane.
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hardcover. Condition: Gut. Seiten; Avon - 7th. 1961 : Dorothy L. Sayers - tb - 10-110-4 LT-1GO6-CL05 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1. Seller Inventory # 397644
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