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Lord Peter Wimsey

A titled amateur sleuth whose undignified inquisitiveness and taste for Villar y Villar cigars turn idle questions into solved crimes.

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Also known as Lord Peter, Wimsey, Peter Wimsey, Peter, Pete

First appearance: The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers

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Present at the Egotists' Club; prompts Varden to tell his story and later recounts his own involvement with Eric P.
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Lord Peter Wimsey is an aristocratic detective whose unprofessional career runs on persistent, irritating curiosity — the habit of asking silly questions that once exposed a hidden diamond necklace in the Woolsack and unmasked a gang of anarchist conspirators. His immaculate manservant Bunter attends to his brandies and cigars while his sister Mary, who christened him Elephant's Child, and his brother the Duke of Denver look on with varying degrees of mortification. That same restless inquisitiveness drives him to abandon a planned visit to Rouen and follow a whim through the Gare St. Lazare, setting the collection's puzzles in motion.

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MBMr. BredonSISir Impey BiggsTMThomas Macpher…HBHaviland BurdockMTMiss TwittertonLPLord Peter Wimsey

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  • Protagonist
  • Burdock family case
  • Scottish connections

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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