# Lord Peter Views the Body — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers.

- [The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-abominable-history-of-the-man-with-copper-fingers.md): At the Egotists' Club, Lord Peter Wimsey and other members share strange personal anecdotes. Guest Varden begins a tale about a mysterious warning he received in New York from a monocled stranger, who claimed that the sc
- [The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-entertaining-episode-of-the-article-in-question.md): Lord Peter Wimsey's insatiable curiosity leads him to investigate a suspicious couple at the Gare St. Lazare, whose argument over missing tickets reveals a deeper criminal plot. Using his wits and Bunter's assistance, he
- [The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-fascinating-problem-of-uncle-meleager-s-will.md): Lord Peter Wimsey is recruited by his sister Mary to help Hannah Marryat find the missing will of her eccentric uncle, Meleager Finch, who left a fortune to the Primrose League unless a later will can be discovered. The 
- [The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-fantastic-horror-of-the-cat-in-the-bag.md): Lord Peter Wimsey recounts a high-speed motorcycle chase along the Great North Road, which leads to the recovery of a mysterious bag and the arrest of Philip Storey for the murder of his wife.
- [The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-unprincipled-affair-of-the-practical-joker.md): Mrs. Ruyslaender, desperate to recover a stolen diamond necklace before her husband's return, seeks Lord Peter Wimsey's help at the Magnifical hotel. She reveals that Paul Melville stole the necklace and a compromising p
- [The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-undignified-melodrama-of-the-bone-of-contention.md): Lord Peter Wimsey uncovers a conspiracy involving the theft of old Mr. Burdock's body, orchestrated by Mortimer, Rawlinson, and Hubbard to prevent burial and allow Martin Burdock to inherit under a later will. The confro
- [The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-vindictive-story-of-the-footsteps-that-ran.md): Lord Peter Wimsey and Dr. Hartman investigate the murder of a young woman in her kitchen. The victim's husband, Brotherton, is grief-stricken and hostile. A constable arrives and quickly concludes that an Italian waiter 
- [The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-bibulous-business-of-a-matter-of-taste.md): Lord Peter Wimsey and an impostor both claim to be Wimsey at the Count de Rueil's dinner party. Mr. Bredon, who has his own motives, refuses to identify the real Wimsey. The Count devises a wine-tasting test to expose th
- [The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-learned-adventure-of-the-dragon-s-head.md): Lord Peter Wimsey, saddled with his ten-year-old nephew Viscount St. George (Gherkins), visits a bookshop where Gherkins discovers a copy of Münster's Cosmographia Universalis. They buy it, and later Lord Peter realizes 
- [The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-piscatorial-farce-of-the-stolen-stomach.md): Lord Peter Wimsey visits his friend Thomas Macpherson in Scotland, where Macpherson reveals a peculiar legacy from his Great-Uncle Joseph: a jar containing the old man's stomach, which holds diamonds. The will stipulates
- [The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-unsolved-puzzle-of-the-man-with-no-face.md): Lord Peter Wimsey, traveling by train, engages with fellow passengers discussing a gruesome murder on the beach at East Felpham, where the victim's face was disfigured. Later, he meets Inspector Winterbottom and shares a
- [The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/the-adventurous-exploit-of-the-cave-of-ali-baba.md): Lord Peter Wimsey, presumed dead, infiltrates a dangerous secret society in Lambeth. After being captured and condemned to a slow death, he bargains for a quick end by revealing the combination to a safe containing incri
- [Solution to the Crossword in Uncle Mealager’s Will](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/solution-to-the-crossword-in-uncle-mealager-s-will.md): Lord Peter Wimsey solves the cryptic crossword left in Uncle Meleager's will, revealing the location of a hidden fortune and demonstrating his sharp intellect and wit.
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md): This chapter presents a series of illustrations including a crossword puzzle grid, a sketch map of the area around Little Doddering, a page from Münster's Cosmographia Universalis with a cryptic inscription, and a solved

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