epaulettes 's review for:

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

3.0

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Wimsey gets involved in a village's goings on, becoming friendly with the local rector, stepping in for a sick bell-ringer for the New Year's Peal, & embroiling himself in the area's 2 biggest mysteries—a mutilated corpse in the graveyard & an emerald necklace 20 years missing. The thematic color in this book is INTERMINABLY dull—the mathematics of church bell change ringing & the history of the Fens feature overmuch. However, the mystery is ASTOUNDING & the ending is honestly moving. REC: IDEK