Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers; 1923/2021. Softcover.

“Even idiots occasionally speak the truth accidentally.” ― Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? In the debut mystery of Dorothy L. Sayers, a hobbyist investigator, Lord Peter Wimsey, is on the case of an untimely appearance of a naked body in a bathtub. In this case Lord Peter will untangle and reveal the puzzling details surrounding this shocking mystery.

The stark 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. In this, his first murder case, Lord Peter untangles the ghastly mystery of the corpse in the bath.

Classic!