The Five Red Herrings The Five Red Herrings
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries

The Five Red Herrings

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Publisher Description

“Beyond question one of the most skillful mystery writers . . . offers a first rate piece of work. . . . Lord Peter Wimsey [is] at his amusing best. . . . The book is a treat” (The New York Times).

The majestic landscape of the Scottish coast has attracted artists and fishermen for centuries. In the idyllic village of Kirkcudbright, every resident and visitor has 2 things in common: They either fish or paint (or do both), and they all hate Sandy Campbell. Though a fair painter, he is a rotten human being, and cannot enter a pub without raising the blood pressure of everybody there. No one weeps when he dies.
 
Campbell’s body is found at the bottom of a steep hill, and his easel stands at the top, suggesting that he took a tumble while painting. But something about the death doesn’t sit right with gentleman sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. No one in Kirkcudbright liked Campbell, and 6 hated him enough to become suspects; 5 are innocent, and the other is the perpetrator of the most ingenious murder Lord Peter has ever encountered.
 
The Five Red Herrings is the 7th book in the Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series by reading the books in any order.
 
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Sayers including rare images from the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2012
July 31
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
284
Pages
PUBLISHER
Open Road Media
SELLER
OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC
SIZE
5.6
MB

Customer Reviews

J2KHokie ,

Five Red Herrings

While I liked the plot and actual mystery, I thought all the times and schedules were confusing.

Joonbug112 ,

Paid by the Word?

A rare miss from Dorothy Sayers. Half the book seems to consist of descriptions of railway schedules. I wondered if her editor was incapacitated in some way. It reads as if Sayers was being paid by the word.

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