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.

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.

Public Domain (P)2024 SNR Audio

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.

outstanding classic mystery and great reader

These stories are some of the best in the mystery genre. A great comfort these days just to veg out.

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.

Marvelous

The reader is very good, just as the author and the detective are. It’s nice to deal with quality writing and reasonable milieu. I don’t like the short stories as well as the books. I love the short story form, but some writers are better at it than others. I’m hoping for another set of more of DLS books and Lord Peter and Bunter and all the other characters.

Excellent all around

Typically I have heard BBC plays for Wimsey but this true reading is different and justr excellent

Mr grandmother’s mysteries

Wonderful narration, a special Kingsville nd of humor . Mr mother and grandmother loved these books

Wonderful narrator!

I’m a fan of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories though I realize they may not be everyone’s cup of tea. However, I was blown away by the narrator. Wonderful, entertaining, skillful. I will be listening to more of his narrations. I sincerely hope he will take on the later novels. No one else can come close.