The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection: Books 1-6

Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, Unnatural Death, Lord Peter Views the Body, The Unpleasentness at the Bellona Club, Strong Poison

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of the first six 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.

Strong Poison, Book Six: Talented mystery novelist Harriet Vane is on trial for the murder of her former lover, Philip Boyes, after he dies of arsenic poisoning. Although the evidence appears damning, and the relationship was not a happy one, Harriet reasserts her innocence. It is a case that draws in gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey, who soon finds himself in a race against time to clear Harriet’s name. As he delves into a world of love, jealousy and misplaced justice, Harriet’s case becomes more personal for Wimsey than he could ever have expected…

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Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 – 1957) was a British writer, poet and scholar, famed for her detective fiction featuring the iconic character of Lord Peter Wimsey. Sayers was one of the first women to graduate from Oxford, and subsequently became a master of the Golden Age mystery genre in her work.

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Excellent characters and plots

I'm late in the game to be a fan of Dorothy Sayers but am so glad a friend got me hooked on Peter Wimsey. Enjoy every minute of the stories & hate to put them down.

Great entertainment

Narration and dramatization of characters were very good. I liked that the whole collection was available in one book. Highly recommend.

The Lord Wimsey Collection 1-5

The narration was excellent. The organization was well done. All round enjoyable listen. I will look for more like it.

Very well read

I love these stories in print, but had never found a reader I liked. This was brilliant; I loved it.

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