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The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)

Dorothy L. Sayers,

Elizabeth George (Introduction)

Start date: May 1, 2023

Finish date: May 31, 2023

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Sep 21, 2016 Susan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The eleventh Lord Peter Wimsey novel sees him and Bunter on their way to spend New Years with friends, when their car funs off the road, into a ditch, in a snowstorm. They find themselves stranded in the village of Fenchurch St Pauls, where they are taking in by the kindly Reverend Venables and his wife. However, far from being a relaxing evening, the Reverend discovers that Lord Peter has some experience bell ringing – his personal passion. With the village decimated by influenza, and a man sho ...more

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Dec 24, 2013 Damaskcat rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dls-challenge

Peter Wimsey – on the way to spend New Year with friends – finds himself stranded deep in the Fens in a snow storm. The vicar of the nearby village – Fenchurch St Paul – offers him a bed for the night while his car is repaired and Wimsey finds himself part of a bell ringing marathon. When a body is found in a newly dug grave it seems natural for Wimsey to be consulted especially as no one can identify the corpse and the police are baffled.

The background is atmospheric and authentic with the Fens ...more

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Aug 09, 2020 Jazzy Lemon rated it it was amazing

Shelves: english-authors, classics

Nine Tailors...but not the kind of tailors you might think.

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Jul 13, 2013 Lynnie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-1980s, read-in-2022, all-time-favourites, read-in-2010s, read-in-2000s, golden-age-detective-story, read-many-times, east-anglia, winter

Fourth time of reading and still a favourite. I started the book on New Year's Day and so have taken nearly a month to read it - savouring it and enjoying it immensely.

Oh and I treated myself to the new paperback! ...more

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