Lord Peter Views the Body (Lord Peter Wimsey #4)
Dorothy L. Sayers
In this delightful collection of Wimsey exploits, Dorothy L. Sayers reveals a gruesome, grotesque but absolutely bewitching side rarely shown in Lord Peter's full-length adventures.Lord Peter views the body in 12 tantalizing and bizarre ways in this outstanding collection. 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, the man without a face...and with such clues as cyanide, jewels, a roast chicken and a classic crossword puzzle.
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Short story mysteries are often less satisfying than longer novels because the culprit isn't a character we've come to know over the course of several chapters. That's the fundamental problem with many of these whodunnits. Some are deft, clever riddles, but I'd rather read a full-length Lord Peter novel.
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