The Nine Tailors
Book description
When his sexton finds a corpse in the wrong grave, the rector of Fenchurch
St Paul asks Lord Peter Wimsey to find out who the dead man was and how
he came to be there.
The lore of bell-ringing and a brilliantly-evoked village in the remote fens of
East AngliaâŚ
Why read it?
4 authors picked The Nine Tailors as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved both the richly evoked setting of the Lincolnshire Fens and the detailed knowledge of bell-ringing. The latter is not just an add-on. The knowledge of change-ringing is crucial to solving the cipher in a document found in the bell-chamber. It also has a very real bearing on the death of the victim.
I really enjoy books that leave me feeling Iâve been enriched and not merely entertained.
In other books by Sayers I warmed to the character of Harriet Vane and the frisson of the relationship between her and the investigator Lord Peter Wimsey.
From Fay's list on crime novels that have a rich dimension.
I highly recommend every mystery Sayers has written. Sheâs my kind of author â articulate, inspiring, a writer who writes about her surroundings with a realism that allows a reader to enter and learn more: In this book, death by the ringing of church bells in a small English village.
Sheâs complex but delivers layers of life and death with profound simplicity and understanding. The daughter of a minister, an advertising copywriter, a poet, she graduated from Oxford and used her life experiences to color every page she wrote.
I love her spunk and the exciting way she has written.âŚ
From L.C.'s list on mysteries to take you places youâd like to visit.
From a generation of writers before P.D. James, Dorothy L. Sayersâ book represents the best of the âGolden Age of Crime Fictionâ. It is hugely atmospheric, both of its time and its location. As the flood waters rise and threaten a remote Fenland village, the residents flock to the village church for refuge from the deluge. But there is a mysterious death; fortunately for the rector, Lord Peter Wimsey just happens to be on hand to get to the bottom of it before the dramatic conclusion. Sayers grew up as a vicarâs daughter in the Fens, and she employs herâŚ
From Kate's list on murder and mayhem in English churches.
This is a Lord Peter Wimsey novel, and itâs my favourite. Along with his faithful manservant, Bunter, Wimsey is stranded by a car accident and quickly finds himself in the midst of a dastardly deed. I have to admit, I often find the âWhat Hoâ type of upper-class gentleman of that era irritating, but this book is not quite so bad as others. What I like most about this one is the technical side of the crime, so often missing in books of that era, which makes for an absorbing read.
From Caron's list on classic mysteries you still havenât read.
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