Five Red Herrings
A classic in detective fiction
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3.9 • 24 Ratings
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
Lord Peter Wimsey's fishing holiday is interrupted in Dorothy L Sayers' classic crime novel, introduced by writer and reviewer Barry Forshaw - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries.
'One of the best detective story writers' Daily Telegraph
Lord Peter Wimsey could imagine the artist stepping back, the stagger, the fall, down to where the pointed rocks grinned like teeth.
But was it an accident - or murder? Six members of the close-knit Galloway artists' colony do not regret Campbell's death.
Five of them are red herrings.
'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
Customer Reviews
Five Red Herrings
Brilliant book Dorothy L Sayers at her best
Impossible to follow
I usually enjoy these books but this was incredibly tedious and impossible to follow, all hinging on details of train timetables and bicycle rides and characters who all blend into one. The overuse of Scottish dialect is another factor making it unreadable. Gave up two thirds in and skim read till ending. It’s a stand-alone and I’d give it a miss!