Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) in Reading with Style

Oct 29, 2016 Elizabeth (Alaska) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: early-20th-century, xx-2016-women, mystery-thriller

This was such a fun read! It did not feel like a first in a series. I did not anticipate a murder mystery would be filled with such humor. I must admit that the mystery part isn't much of a mystery. I almost never figure these things out ahead of time, but I was way ahead of Wimsey.

The best of this is the characterization of both Lord Peter Wimsey and his man servant Bunter. Lord Peter Wimsey has been given a history of the hobby of solving crimes. There is even reference to a specific case, wh ...more

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Dec 28, 2017 Maia rated it liked it

Shelves: 2017

i heard Albert Campion was based on Lord Peter Wimsey so i read this after those. I'd say definitely read this first those second. These are set slightly earlier and the British Class System is given the total blind respect it deserves (not), those at least have a bit of sarcasm about it. On the other hand, Campion can be nasty to Lugg, this shows total harmony of purpose between man and master and mutual respect. It's better to read the straight version before the sarcastic one. This is more cl ...more

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Mar 01, 2010 Paula rated it really liked it

Shelves: bought_in_2010, read_in_2010

What a fun book! The first in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, this was a great introduction to the Sayers books. I'm not sure who my favorite character is yet: Lord Peter or his butler...

Really enjoyed the fact that the author seemed to assume a certain level of intelligence among her readers, and wrote to that effect. Felt like reading Sherlock Holmes in a more modern, less pretentious sort of way. Finished it on Saturday morning and by Sunday night had the next two books in the series sitting on ...more

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Nov 01, 2017 Wendy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, mystery-suspense, 2017

Fun banter, a surprisingly convoluted mystery (in a good way) and delightful depth of character. I hear such good things about the later books and look forward to reading more. The murderer’s final confession was too convenient, but I was pleasantly surprised by the level of medical details, in which the gory descriptions were not glossed over!

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