Three Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Novels: Whose Body? Murder Must Advertise Gaudy Night

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"Whose Body?"--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. Whats 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. "Murder Must Advertise"--When advertising executive Victor Dean dies from a fall down the stairs at Pyms Publicity Lord Peter Wimsey is asked to investigate. It seems that before he died Dean had begun a letter to Mr. Pym suggesting some very unethical dealings at the posh London ad agency. Wimsey goes undercover and discovers that Dean was part of the fast crowd at Pyms a group taken to partying and doing drugs. Wimsey and his brother-in-law Chief-Inspector Parker rush to discover who is running Londons cocaine trade and how Pyms fits into the picture--all before Wimseys cover is blown. "Gaudy Night"--When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion known as the "Gaudy " the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obsentities burnt effigies and poison-pen letters -- including one that says "Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup."Some of the notes threaten murder; all are perfectly ghastly; yet in spite of their scurrilous nature all are perfectly worded. And Harriet finds herself ensnared in a nightmare of romance and terror with only the tiniest shreds of clues to challenge her powers of detection and those of her paramour Lord Peter Wimsey.