Whose Body?
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Whose Body?

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1923•Mystery•212 pages

Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecomedyfresh & originalintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsfighting evilunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeIntimate and layered: a mystery that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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4.3 / 5

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About This Book

The first of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, in which the suave and witty gentleman foregoes a rare-book auction to investigate the presence of a bespectacled nude body in an architect's bathtub near the Wimsey's Denver estate

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

MysteryDetectiveComedySolving the riddle/not as it seemsFighting evilUnlikely connections

Subjects

MysteryDetectivesEnglish Detective and mystery storiesPrivate investigatorsPoliceEnglandMurderInvestigation

Details

Author
Dorothy L. Sayers
Published
1923
Pages
212
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