While ringing in the New Year, Lord Peter stumbles into an ominous country mystery
Lord Peter Wimsey and his manservant Bunter are halfway across the wild flatlands of East Anglia when they make a wrong turn, straight into a ditch. They scramble over the rough country to the nearest church, where they find hospitality, dinner, and an invitation to go bell-ringing. This ancient art is steeped in … ancient art is steeped in mathematical complexities, and tonight the rector and his friends plan to embark on a nine-hour marathon session to welcome the New Year. Lord Peter joins them, taking a step into a society whose cheerful exterior hides a dark, deadly past.
During their stay in this unfamiliar countryside, Lord Peter and Bunter encounter murder, a mutilated corpse, and a decades-old jewel theft for which locals continue to die. In this land where bells toll for the dead, the ancient chimes never seem to stop.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Sayers including rare images from the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College.
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Rereading this after a long time, I wasn’t disappointed. The intricate plot provides plenty of interest and Lord Peter is a great character, although a few of the supporting ones are rather two-dimensional, hence I won’t award the full five stars. All the same, a great read and I learnt a few things about the mysterious art of bell ringing into …
There was a lot of information on the old churches in England, their bells & how that all worked – amazing history. Such memorable characters – Wimsey at his fabulous interestingly best – as ever! Excellent read! Almost mystical & yes, haunting…
Absolutely my favorite outing with the redoubtable Lord Peter Wimsey and his intrepid man Bunter. Dorothy L. Sayers combines a twisty plot, terrific characters, and change ringing. Her use of the bleak landscape of East Anglia as a setting makes me want to go there. I was first introduced to Lord Peter in the Masterpiece Theatre series starring …
The Nine Tailors was a fascinating mystery and I loved how Dorothy Sayers weaved campanology throughout the novel. Reading about change ringing made me want to live near a church with a full set of bells.
Most Dorothy Sayers books and this certainly is are attention grabbers. Good use of Lord Peter Wimsey to solve more tan one crime.Much information on change ringing off church bells.
Includes disaster in the fens and unexplained death. Excellent read.
Like all of Lord Peter Wimsey’s English mysteries, this book is just a fun read. If you enjoy period English mysteries, I highly recommend this book.
Dorothy Sayers wrote a superb mystery series featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. This is the best one in some respects. As a bonus, one learns somewhat about bell-ringing.
A lovely masterpiece by the great Dorothy L. Sayers.
One of the eleven Lord Peter Whimsey gems Sayers graced her readers with, Nine Tailors is filled with vivid, and some tragic, characters, driving a singular plot. Her portraits of the English Fen Country and the art of English bell-ringing, which form the physical and technical background to …
Adore Sayers, cannot be topped in the mystery world.
This book dragged and dragged on, next got interesting
Dorothy Sayers’ Lord Peter is always a good choice for a great read.
The Nine Tailors is perhaps the best of her Wimsey detective novels.
He finds death in a small parish in the fens, and the country setting and change ringing are uniquely colorful in this book.
Highly recommended.
One of the best writers of the 20th century. Dorothy Sayers created Lord Peter Wimsey, an intellectual rich guy with nothing to do but investigate and solve mysteries. Always creative, always quirky, Sayers’s stories always teach you something as well – in this case, more than you ever thought you’d need to know about the English tradition of …
Dorothy Sayers’ Peter Wimsey stories open up worlds of interwar Britain, with well crafted mysteries, well-drawn social environments, and wonderful, engaging characters. This book is long and complex, and the only reason I am not giving it 5 stars is that I get a bit swamped in the campanology (bell-ringing).
Important note: Sayers wrote in the …
One of Dorothy Sayer s Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. This and others are historical artifacts in the development of the mystery genre. For their time they were groundbreaking for character development and unique plots. Today they are tame, but comforting to read
I really enjoy Sayer’s novels. It’s very nice to revisit old favorites. I must admit, I struggled a bit with the change-ringing patterns. I mathematically challenged, lol.
I recently read an M. C. Beaton novel involving change-ringing and campanology. It spurred this revisit.
Great mystery
Good plot. Well-formed characters. This is a read-again book. Classic British mystery.
Inspired me to research bell ringing to understand the instructions at beginning of each chapter.
This book was the most tedious piece of writing I ever attempted to read.