"The Nine Tailors"

"The Nine Tailors" is a detective novel by Dorothy L. Sayers featuring her character Lord Peter Wimsey. The story revolves around a murder in a rural English village with a distinctive church bell-ringing tradition. The plot intricately weaves the mystery of the crime with the village’s history and its unique bells, particularly the nine tolls of a bell that symbolize specific events. The novel explores themes of memory, community, and the significance of tradition, using the detailed symbolism of bell-ringing to aid in solving the crime and uncovering hidden secrets within the village.