Lord Peter Views the Body · Character
Young Mortimer
A young man involved in the affair of the practical joker.
minor
Also known as Mortimer, Mr. Mortimer
First appearance: the unprincipled affair of the practical joker
Young Mortimer's tie to Lord Peter Wimsey is one of the pressures that moves Lord Peter Views the Body—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Implied as one of the conspirators who staged the body theft.
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Character groups
- Burdock family case
- Protagonist
- Footsteps and article witnesses
- Police and relatives
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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Young Mortimer is a minor character or witness in a case Lord Peter investigates. How this plays out →
- Lord Peter Wimsey
social · ambivalent
Young Mortimer is a minor character or witness in a case Lord Peter investigates. How this plays out →
- Lord Peter Wimsey
social · ambivalent
Young Mortimer is a minor character or witness in a case Lord Peter investigates. How this plays out →
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