The Nine Tailors: Lord Peter Wimsey Book 11 (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)

The Nine Tailors: Lord Peter Wimsey Book 11 (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)

by Dorothy L Sayers (Author)

Synopsis

A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries, Lord Peter Wimsey is the immortal amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers. 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 Anglia are the unforgettable background to a story of an old unsolved crime and its violent unravelling twenty years later.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: New impression
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 01 Sep 1959

ISBN 10: 0450001008
ISBN 13: 9780450001000
Book Overview: The best of the golden age crime writers, praised by all the top modern writers in the field including P. D. James and Ruth Rendell, Dorothy L. Sayers created the immortal Lord Peter Wimsey. The 11th book featuring Lord Peter, set in a country church, is often named as the best detective story ever written. With an introduction by Elizabeth George.

Media Reviews
She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit. -- P.D. James Dorothy L Sayers is one of the best detective story writers. -- E. C. Bentley Daily Telegraph I admire her novels ... she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail. -- Ruth Rendell A truly great storyteller. -- Minette Walters
Author Bio
Dorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957.