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The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers
The first Lord Peter Wimsey book I have read, and not a bad place to start.
LPW ends up in a small town on a stormy night, and affably agrees to help with a 9-hour attempt to set a bell-ringing record. He thinks he will never return to the small village he only accidentally visited, but then there is a murder…
At first I characterized Lord Peter as Bertram Wooster with tact and an interest in detective work, and while that impression holds true throughout the entire novel, it turns out to be not all that fair; there’s a lot more there. The book is extremely tightly plotted, even when it doesn’t seem like it is, and works its way towards a very unexpected ending. I can’t wait to go back and start at the beginning; this may be a new favorite series.
LPW ends up in a small town on a stormy night, and affably agrees to help with a 9-hour attempt to set a bell-ringing record. He thinks he will never return to the small village he only accidentally visited, but then there is a murder…
At first I characterized Lord Peter as Bertram Wooster with tact and an interest in detective work, and while that impression holds true throughout the entire novel, it turns out to be not all that fair; there’s a lot more there. The book is extremely tightly plotted, even when it doesn’t seem like it is, and works its way towards a very unexpected ending. I can’t wait to go back and start at the beginning; this may be a new favorite series.