The Nine TailorsThe Nine Tailors is Dorothy L. Sayers's finest mystery, featuring Lord Peter Whimsey, and a classic of the genre.
The nine tellerstrokes from the belfry of an ancient country church toll out the death of an unknown man and call the famous Lord Peter Whimsey to investigate the good and evil that lurks in every person. Steeped in the atmosphere of a quiet parish in the strange, flat fen-country of East Anglia, this is a tale of suspense, character, and mood by an author critics and readers rate as one of the great masters of the mystery novel. |
Contents
THE BELLS IN THEIR | 31 |
A FULL PEAL OF GRANDSIRE TRIPLES | 67 |
LORD PETER IS CALLED INTO | 97 |
LORD PETER IS TAKEN FROM LEAD | 128 |
LORD PETER DODGES WITH | 157 |
TAILOR PAUL IS CALLED BEFORE | 183 |
MONSIEUR ROZIER HUNTS | 205 |
PLAIN HUNTING | 225 |
LORD PETER IS CALLED WRONG | 281 |
A SHORT Touch of SteDMANS TRIPLES | 299 |
NOBBY GOES IN SLOW | 309 |
WILL THODAY GOES IN QUICK | 325 |
THE SLOW WORK | 337 |
THE DODGING | 351 |
THE WATERS ARE CALLED OUT | 367 |
THE WATERS ARE CALLED HOME | 377 |
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The Nine Tailors: Changes Rung on an Old Theme in Two Short Touches and Two ... Dorothy Leigh Sayers No preview available - 1962 |
Common terms and phrases
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