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Written by Dorothy L. Sayers - Performed by Ian Carmichael - Unabridged Fiction - 8 CASSETTES

Publisher, Audio Partners (October 2001)

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"One of the best mysteries obtainable in the world today." --The New York Post

"Not only an admirable mystery story, but a novel of unique color and feeling, beautifully written." --Christopher Morley

"In the realm of mystery stories there are four books which everyone should read. They are The Lodger, Malice Aforethought, Bleak House, and The Nine Tailors. I am not sure but that of all of these The Nine Tailors is the best." --Sinclair Lewis

Nine long chimes peal from an ancient church belfry, sounding the death of a stranger, his corpse handless and disfigured. The bells also signal the rector's plea for help to the famous Lord Peter Wimsey. Against the quiet backdrop of a parish in the odd, flat fens of East Anglia, Lord Peter must puzzle out the clues to solving this murder in one of his most brilliant and complicated cases ever. This is not the first crime to shadow this village. The Wilbraham Emeralds were stolen 15 years ago, missing to this very day. As the mystery unfolds, Lord Peter uncovers an unexpected connection between the long-ago theft and the present-day murder.

About the Author: Dorothy Leigh Sayers (1893-1957) was born in Oxford, England. She published her first novel in 1923, introducing the character of aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. She wrote 10 other novels and many short stories starring Lord Peter, as well as other detective stories. During the last 20 years of her life, she abandoned fiction writing in favor of playwriting, poetry, letters, essays, Anglican Christian scholarship and spiritual introspection, translations of medieval French works. Despite the plethora of her scholarly work, she is most well known as "the doyenne of the Golden Age of Mystery."

About the Author: Ian Carmichael was born in 1920 in Yorkshire, England. His lengthy acting career includes portrayals of Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC television in five different productions, as well as appearances in many other television series, stage productions, and feature films including Lucky Jim, The Lady Vanishes, and Heaven's Above.

Ian Carmichael has performed several other Audio Partners titles including Sayers' Thrones, Dominations, Unnatural Death, Lord Peter Views the Body, and Strong Poison. He is also the reader of How Right You Are, Jeeves.