The Nine Tailors

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The Nine Tailors is a 1934 mystery novel by British writer Dorothy L. Sayers, her ninth featuring sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.

Plot introduction

For this novel, Sayers had to learn about change ringing. In it, Lord Peter not only rings one of eight church bells in a record-setting series of sound patterns called "changes", but also uses his knowledge of bell-ringing to solve a 20-year-old mystery, located in the Fens, involving a stolen emerald necklace.

Explanation of the novel's title

The title refers to the nine times a church bell was rung to signal the death of a man in the parish; for a woman it was six times.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

The Nine Tailors was adapted for television in 1973 as part of a series starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter.

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