Want to read along with us as we make our way through the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries? Or looking to dip your toes into the series for the first time? Here’s a list of all the books, in publication order, along with a reading schedule that will keep you up to date as episodes drop:
WHOSE BODY?
Episode 1: WHOSE BODY?, Part 1: chapter 1 through chapter 7
Episode 2: WHOSE BODY?, Part 2: through end of the book, including the whodunnit
CLOUDS OF WITNESS
Episode 3: CLOUDS OF WITNESS, Part 1: chapter 1 through chapter 8
Episode 4: CLOUDS OF WITNESS, Part 2: through end of the book, including the whodunnit
UNNATURAL DEATH
Episode 5: UNNATURAL DEATH, Part 1: chapter 1 through chapter 10
Episode 6: UNNATURAL DEATH, Part 2: through end of the book, including the whodunnit
THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB
Episode 7: THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB, Part 1: chapter 1 through chapter 7
Episode 8: THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB, Part 2: chapters 8-16
Episode 9: THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB, Part 3: through end of the book, including the whodunnit
STRONG POISON
Episode 10: STRONG POISON, Part 1: chapters 1-10
Episode 11: STRONG POISON, Part 2: chapters 1-10
Episode 12: STRONG POISON, Part 3: through the end of the book, but not including the whodunnit
Episode 13: STRONG POISON, Part 4: through the end of the book, including the whodunnit
THE FIVE RED HERRINGS
Episode 14: FIVE RED HERRINGS, Part 1: first half of the book
Episode 15: FIVE RED HERRINGS, Part 2: second half of the book, including the whodunnit
HAVE HIS CARCASE
Episode 16: HAVE HIS CARCASE, Part 1: chapters 1-3
Episode 19: HAVE HIS CARCASE, Part 2: chapters 4-8
Episode 20: HAVE HIS CARCASE, Part 3:
Episode 21: HAVE HIS CARCASE, Part 4: through end of the book, including whodunnit
MURDER MUST ADVERTISE
Episode 22: MURDER MUST ADVERTISE, Part 1: chapters 1-4
Episode 23: MURDER MUST ADVERTISE, Part 2: chapters 5-11
Episode 24: MURDER MUST ADVERTISE, Part 3: through approximately halfway through the book
Episode 25: MURDER MUST ADVERTISE, Part 4: through end of the book, including whodunnit
SHORT STORIES:
from LORD PETER VIEWS THE BODY, published 1928
Episode 17: “The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach”
from IN THE TEETH OF THE EVIDENCE, published 1939
Episode 18: “The Professor’s Manuscript”, a Montague Egg story
from BODIES IN THE LIBRARY II: FORGOTTEN STORIES OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE BY THE QUEENS OF CRIME AND OTHER MASTERS OF GOLDEN AGE DETECTION, published 2019
Episode 6.5: “The Locked Room”
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