"The Five Red Herrings" is the eighth book of Dorothy L. Sayers' "Lord Peter Wimsy" series featuring the unflappable, roguish "gentleman detective."
This entry in the series finds Lord Peter in the Scottish Border country. When artist Sandy Campbell is found dead beside a railway line near Kirkcudbright, suspicion falls on a small group of painters, each with a motive and an alibi involving train timetables.
Lord Peter investigates a tangled web of jealousies, rivalries, and artistic temperaments, meticulously reconstructing the movements of every suspect. (The novel's title refers to the deliberate clues and misleading trails that complicate the case.)
Sayers combines intricate puzzle construction with vivid descriptions of landscape, painting, and life.
"The Five Red Herrings" is presented here in its original and unabridged format.
