Characters in Whose Body?

Lord Peter Wimsey

An aristocrat who investigates crime as a hobby and hides a sharp mind behind a show of idle charm.

Also in Unnatural Death, Lord Peter Views the Body, Strong Poison, The Five Red Herrings, Murder Must Advertise, The Nine Tailors, Busman's Honeymoon, Four complete Lord Peter Wimsey novels, Lord Peter

The Honorable Freddy Arbuthnot

Also in Clouds of Witness, Lord Peter Views the Body, The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Strong Poison, Gaudy Night, On the Case with Lord Peter Wimsey

Rachel Levy

Also in Strong Poison

Honoria Lucasta, Dowager Duchess of Denver

Also in Clouds of Witness, Strong Poison, Busman's Honeymoon

Mervyn Bunter

Wimsey's devoted manservant, who looks after him and assists his investigations.

Also in Clouds of Witness, Unnatural Death, Lord Peter Views the Body, The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Strong Poison, The Nine Tailors, Gaudy Night, Busman's Honeymoon, On the Case with Lord Peter Wimsey

Chief Inspector Charles Parker

A Scotland Yard detective and Wimsey's friend, who is handling the case of the missing financier.

Also in Clouds of Witness, Unnatural Death, Lord Peter Views the Body, The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Strong Poison, Murder Must Advertise, The Nine Tailors, Busman's Honeymoon, On the Case with Lord Peter Wimsey

Inspector Sugg

The officer leading the official police investigation of the body in the bath.

Also in Clouds of Witness, Lord Peter Views the Body

Sir Reuben Levy

A wealthy financier who vanishes from his bedroom, setting the second mystery in motion.

Thipps (Whose Body?)

The architect who comes home to find an unidentified body in his bath.