Arguably the greatest detective novel of all time
10 April 2011 Leave a comment
The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This, the ninth of Sayers’s eleven full length Wimsey novels, is the one that lifts her above the category of twentieth-century female detective novelist, and places her among the literary greats.
It is a thoroughly satisfying mystery – sophisticated, complex, intellectually challenging. Everything in the plot is there for a reason; and the final explanation is ingenious and unexpected. Read more of this post
