Five Red Herrings
A classic in detective fiction
Published on 25. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-4736-2135-0 (ISBN)
Description
Lord Peter Wimsey's fishing holiday is interrupted in Dorothy L Sayers' classic crime novel, introduced by writer and reviewer Barry Forshaw - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries.
'One of the best detective story writers' Daily Telegraph
Lord Peter Wimsey could imagine the artist stepping back, the stagger, the fall, down to where the pointed rocks grinned like teeth.
But was it an accident - or murder? Six members of the close-knit Galloway artists' colony do not regret Campbell's death.
Five of them are red herrings.
'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
'One of the best detective story writers' Daily Telegraph
Lord Peter Wimsey could imagine the artist stepping back, the stagger, the fall, down to where the pointed rocks grinned like teeth.
But was it an accident - or murder? Six members of the close-knit Galloway artists' colony do not regret Campbell's death.
Five of them are red herrings.
'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
Reviews / Votes
I admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail. - P. D. JamesShe combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller. - Minette Walters
D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers. - Daily Telegraph
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
257 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4736-2135-0 (9781473621350)
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Person
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.
www.sayers.org.uk
www.sayers.org.uk