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Book Review of The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, Bk 7)

The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, Bk 7)
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Dorothy Sayer is my favorite classic mystery writer. This one starts with a body on the poihnted rocks. Although the artist might have fallen while painting, there are too many suspicious elements -- he's been dead for half a day according to the medical evidence, but witnesses say him alive a scant hour earlier. As always, a complex plot starring Lord Peter Whimsey.