5/27/2023 0 Comments Wimsey have his carcaseSayers including rare images from the Marion E. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Have His Carcase is the 8th book in the Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series by reading the books in any order. Only one person can help her discover how the poor man died at the beach: Lord Peter, the amateur sleuth who won her freedom and her heart in one fell swoop. Finally, she goes for the police, but by the time they return the body has gone. His throat has been cut, and his blood has drained out onto the sand.Īs the tide inches forward, Harriet makes what observations she can and photographs the scene. She tries to wake him, but he doesn't budge. She is alone on a beach when she spies a man lying on a rock, surf lapping at his ankles. Sayerss detective novel Have His Carcase (1932), in which Lord Peter Wimsey and detective-story writer Harriet Vane. Have His Carcase The mystery writer Harriet Vane, recovering from an unhappy love affair and its aftermath, seeks solace on a barren beach deserted but for the body of a bearded young man with his throat cut. Harriet Vane has gone on vacation to forget her recent murder trial and, more importantly, to forget the man who cleared her name-the dapper, handsome, and maddening Lord Peter Wimsey. Five are red herrings, but one has created a masterpiece of murder that baffles everyone, including Lord Peter Wimsey. Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane investigate a dead body on the beach in this "nearly perfect detective story" by the author of Busman's Honeymoon ( Saturday Review).
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