Sayers reveals many aspects of Lord Peter’s complex personality in this novel, showing that he is not, as many of his detractors would have it, some sort of scatterbrained sleuth in the mold of Bertie Wooster (a judgment which in turn begs the question about Wooster, who is a published writer, an able musician, chivalrous, and not as stupid as some might think). Sayers’ first Wimsey novel, Whose Body? (1923). “‘Oh, Damn!’ said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus.” These are the first words uttered by Lord Peter on his initial appearance in Dorothy L. In this article from issue 17, Chris Willis takes a look at Dorothy Sayers’ classic character Lord Peter Wimsey, one of the archetypal British gentleman detectives.
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