โ Dorothy L. Sayers
๐ Fiction
๐
2004
๐ Hodder
๐ English
โ 264 KB
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The Five Red Herrings
โ Scribed by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Publisher
- Open Road Media
- Year
- 1931
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 264 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
During a painting retreat, a killer takes a creative approach to the ancient art of murder
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 two 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.
Campbells 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 doesnt sit right with gentleman sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. No one in Kirkcudbright liked Campbell, and six hated him enough to become suspects. Five are innocent, and the other is the perpetrator of one of the most ingenious murders Lord Peter has ever encountered.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Sayers including rare images from the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College.
Review
A first-rate piece of work. . . . This book is a treat. The New York Times
One of the greatest mystery writers of this century. Los Angeles Times
[Sayers] brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit. P. D. James
From the Back Cover
Lord Peter Wimsey must ferret out a murderer in a Scottish art colony in this classic tale from Dorothy L. Sayers.
In the scenic Scottish village of Kirkcudbright, no one is disliked more than the painter Sandy Campbell. When he is found dead at the foot of a cliff, his easel standing above, no one is sorry to see him goneespecially six members of the close-knit Galloway artists' colony.
The inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey is on the scene to determine the truth about Campbell's death. Piecing together the evidence, the aristocratic sleuth discovers that of the six suspected painters, five are red herrings, innocent of the crime. But just which one is the ingenious artist with a talent for murder?
Library : General
Universes : Lord Peter Wimsey [07]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781453258903
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