Thanks to a tip from his mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, Lord Peter Wimsey learns that a dead man has been found in Mr. Thipps bathtub. Interestingly, the dead man is naked but for a pair of gold pince-nez. Also, he bears some resemblance to Sir Rueben Levy, a financier whose disappearance is being …
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Indeed, he read very little except detective stories, which he devoured at a rate of one a day. Ronald Knox, The Motive
