A review by lawrenceevalyn
The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

4.0

Wimsey is a charming and witty protagonist but this one is definitely not a “cozy” mystery. There was a bit at the end where I wasn’t sure whether Wimsey himself would actually figure out the solution, and the whole tone made me think again of noir novels. It’s a good logic puzzle the whole way through that holds together and keeps the pages turning (metaphorically, since I read in ebook) but without all the complete comforts of things being put to right by being solved. Or maybe I’m just in a morose mood. I definitely enjoyed a lot of the bit characters. I wonder if all the bits about printing presses from the previous book would be as inscrutable to most readers as all this bell-ringing stuff was to me.