The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unsual 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.
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