Five Red Herrings

Lord Peter Wimsey‘s fishing holiday is interrupted in Dorothy L. Sayers‘ classic Golden Age crime novel - introduced by crime writer and journalist Barry Forshaw, essential reading for fans of Agatha Christie‘s Poirot, Margery Allingham‘s Albert Campion, and Ngaio Marsh. ‘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 the death of the abrasive landscape painter Campbell a tragic accident-or a meticulously planned murder? In the close-knit artists‘ colony of Kirkcudbright, Galloway, six painters do not regret the death of the abrasive Campbell. Each had motive. Each had opportunity. Each has an alibi. Five of them are red herrings. A forged painting. A stolen bicycle. A body that tells a very different story. In this masterwork of deductive reasoning and atmospheric Scottish mystery, Wimsey must untangle a web of ironclad alibis, railway timetables, and local secrets - before a clever killer escapes without a trace. ‘She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.‘ - P. D. James