The Nine Tailors
a cosy murder mystery for fans of Poirot
Published on 22. September 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-4736-2139-8 (ISBN)
Description
The eleventh book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by writer Jill Paton Walsh - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries.
'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily Telegraph
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.
'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily Telegraph
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.
'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. - Ruth RendellShe combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller. - Minette Walters
Dorothy L Sayers is one of the best detective story writers - Daily Telegraph
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
Mit Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4736-2139-8 (9781473621398)
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E-Book
10/2009
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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Book
09/1959
Hodder Paperback
€31.13
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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
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