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  • 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
  • By: Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 38 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (182 ratings)

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The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection: Books 1-5

By: Dorothy L. Sayers
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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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.

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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.

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Five for one credit

This package gives the listener 5 Lord Peter Wimsey books for one credit. Four novels and her first collection of short stories. Jonathan Keeble does a creditable job of narration - he isn't Ian Carmichael, my favorite narrator of this series, but I feel he does a good job. And to get the first 5 for one credit is a bargain, if you don't already own these already. And I admit, I did already own the four novels, and purchased this to get the short story collection Lord Peter Views the Body, but this version of some of the novels will now become my go to listen, especially Whose Body? which has been out of copyright in the US for a long time, and has been read by some dreadful narrators.

Hopefully one of these days Audible will get some of the other Sayers/Lord Peter novels available in unabridged for for US listeners. Especially Have His Carcase, Five Red Herrings, and Nine Tailors. And if they choose to do new recordings, I would be content if they had Jonathan Keeble narrate.

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It’s grand to find an equal to Lord Peter Whimsey’s wit and style:.

I loved every minute of it! I plan to listen again as soon as I can.

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Thoroughly British, Thoroughly Delightful

This was my first foray into Lord Peter Wimsey, and I greatly enjoyed it. He’s described as a 20th Century Sherlock Holmes, but the two are very different except for Wimsey’s gifts in observation and deduction. Sayers has worked these mysteries with characteristic British understatement and a large portion of tongue-in-cheek.

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Superb narration and writing

SO well narrated that I almost didn't realize how fun and well-written all these stories are. Dorothy Sayers is a marvelous writer. This collection of intriguing old time detective stories is brought to life in full color because of the narration and the delightful protagonist and his detective comrade.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Narrator 5, Stories 3

There's nothing really wrong with these stories, but I just don't think Dorothy Sayers is a very good writer. The narrator brings them up to a much higher level than they deserve. If I had had to read these in a physical book, I'd have given up. That said, it's a great value if you like your books by the lb.

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