- Unknown Binding: 284 pages
- Publisher: Landsborough Publications (1959)
- Language English
- ASIN: B0000CKAT4
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,554,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Five Red Herrings (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
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'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' - P. D. James
'I admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail.' - Ruth Rendell
'She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller.' Minette Walters --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
'I admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail.' - Ruth Rendell
'She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller.' Minette Walters --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
The characters were not as vivid as in Strong Poison nor was the setting as evocative as in The Nine Tailors. The plot became confusing too. Still an addiction to D L Sayers must be fed...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I am rereading Dorothy Sayers' books after a period of several years, and although for the most part I am enjoying them very much, this one is a disappointment.
The story is complicated, with a large cast, most of whom will be unknown to readers of the earlier Wimsey novels. There is very little of Bunter, less of Parker, and even Peter is a rather two-dimensional version of himself. This is the problem with most of the characters; they are very flat and largely undifferentiated (other than between "artists" and "police"). The story reads more like a chess problem or similar intellectual exercise, rather than a pacy story, and there is no feeling of "psychological truth" about any of the characters. I didn't really care about any of the characters (all of whom were poorly developed). The ending, where Peter (with police in tow) re-enacts the events surrounding the murder) is perhaps the most entertaining part of the story, but nonetheless preposterous.
There are flashes of Dorothy Sayers' humour, and the story is at its best when Peter is on stage, but overall this was a slog to read through, and is not one of her books to which I will return. One for Sayers completists only.
This is a review of the Kindle ebook.
The story is complicated, with a large cast, most of whom will be unknown to readers of the earlier Wimsey novels. There is very little of Bunter, less of Parker, and even Peter is a rather two-dimensional version of himself. This is the problem with most of the characters; they are very flat and largely undifferentiated (other than between "artists" and "police"). The story reads more like a chess problem or similar intellectual exercise, rather than a pacy story, and there is no feeling of "psychological truth" about any of the characters. I didn't really care about any of the characters (all of whom were poorly developed). The ending, where Peter (with police in tow) re-enacts the events surrounding the murder) is perhaps the most entertaining part of the story, but nonetheless preposterous.
There are flashes of Dorothy Sayers' humour, and the story is at its best when Peter is on stage, but overall this was a slog to read through, and is not one of her books to which I will return. One for Sayers completists only.
This is a review of the Kindle ebook.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This has got to be much the most tedious of the Wimsey novels. The title comes from the fact that there are six suspects but only one of them is the killer. Sayers was very cheeky in the way she planted the most vital clue to solving the mystery while inundating the reader with seemingly hundreds of misleading facts. Rather than plodding through all of this and trying to reason out the solution, readers are likely to think 'let's get on with it' and start skimming ahead towards the end. I certainly did.
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Fishy
An interesting problem, ingenious and involved, but not one of her best. Becomes tedious at times, the strained Scottish accents didn't help. One for the Sayers' enthusiastes.
Published on 10 Feb 2009 by A. P. philo
Aptly named
The red herrings are carefully laid to misdirect the reader but without compromising the coherence of the story as a whole. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2009 by Retroguy
an excellent period detective novel
This is an excellent dramatisation of one of Sayers' best novels. It has a good balance of detail and drama, with a twisting plot and revelation which keeps the interest to the... Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2003
Palatable (and Palettable) Crofts
The five red herrings of the title are five of six artists suspected of the murder of the most unpopular member of an artists’ colony in Scotland; the sixth is, of course,... Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2002
A 5-star extraordinary reading
This 10-tape publication is the size of a hefty hardback, but it has pride of place on my shelves! I hadn't appreciated just how gifted Patrick Malahide is as a voice actor until I... Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2001
'Golden Age' Whodunnit verging on self-parody
Although there's no denying Sayers' cleverness in showing us the clues (or rather, clue), similarly one can't escape from the fact that this is often a dull read. Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2000 by Christopher Pittard
Excellent Production
Dorothy L. Sayers style comfortably works as drama, without losing the feeling of the book. Ian Carmichael and Peter Jones were wonderful throughout this series, which stands up as... Read more
Published on 24 April 2000 by S. C. Hall
Buy this now!
I am a regualr user of audio entertainment, I use it in the car driving to and from work, and also to play while doing boring things like the ironing. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2000
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