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Five Red Herrings: Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey (BBC Radio Collection) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dorothy L. Sayers, Chris Miller
Creators: Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones, Miriam Margolyes
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £10.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 317310
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0563557508
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780563557500
ASIN: 0563557508
Publication Date: October 7, 2002
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 an excellent period detective novel June 29, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an excellent dramatisation of one of Sayers' best novels. It has a good balance of detail and drama, with a twisting plot and revelation which keeps the interest to the end. It's set in an area of south-west Scotland with a good feel for the place. The acting is good - it all comes together very well and makes one of the most listenable (probably THE most) dramatisations in the BBC Sayers series
Palatable (and Palettable) Crofts December 27, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The five red herrings of the title are five of six artists suspected of the murder of the most unpopular member of an artists’ colony in Scotland; the sixth is, of course, the murderer. (Unusually for Sayers, this is a “whodunit,” rather than a “howdunnit.”) Wimsey, holidaying in Scotland, assists the local police, foremost among them Inspector Macpherson, who, although Scottish, is really French (perhaps he went over after Culloden?). This is fitting, for this, the most Croftsian of all Sayers’ novels, is a map (unfortunately very poorly reproduced) and train puzzle, complete with boats and bicycles. Although slower-moving than other Sayers novels, it is, like all her books, immensely satisfying: she has the rare gift of grabbing the reader’s attention and never letting go. A great deal of entertainment is to be derived from the vanishing beard of Matthew Gowan, and there is an excellent scene between Wimsey and the artist Strachan on the cliffs, in the course of which Wimsey is nearly murdered. In the end, Wimsey, arguing from an object not found at the scene of the crime (although hinted at throughout), is, like the illustrious Dr. Thorndyke, able to deduce four characteristics of the murderer, whose complicated alibi borrows and improves on J.J. Connington’s The Two Tickets Puzzle (not a hard task, mind you!). The only regret the reader has with this tale is the excess of phonetically-rendered Scottish dialect, for D.L.S. lacks Gladys Mitchell’s abilities.
A 5-star extraordinary reading March 31, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This 10-tape publication is the size of a hefty hardback, but it has pride of place on my shelves! I hadn't appreciated just how gifted Patrick Malahide is as a voice actor until I heard this Chivers recording. He injects life & soul into the characters & brings definition to each one - together with just enough Scots accents to transport you straight to Galloway and the McClellan Arms. Most importantly, for me, Malahide clearly understands Sayers' dry humour & he has a sure touch in bringing it into the reading. It's the only recording of her work that has me laughing out loud at her wit. A pure pleasure to listen to from start to finish!
 good but not as good as others January 22, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The characters were not as vivid as in Strong Poison nor was the setting as evocative as in The Nine Tailors. The plot became confusing too. Still an addiction to D L Sayers must be fed...
 'Golden Age' Whodunnit verging on self-parody December 7, 2000
Christopher Pittard (Exeter, Devon United Kingdom)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
Although there's no denying Sayers' cleverness in showing us the clues (or rather, clue), similarly one can't escape from the fact that this is often a dull read. At times, the novel appears to descend into self-parody with its constant reference to train timetables and the well spoken hero intellectually outdoing the local constabulary (whose dialogue is spelt phonetically, a technique as tiresome as it is patronising). The narrative isn't helped by the fact that the six suspects have little to distinguish themselves from each other, and so the revelation of the murderer fails to surprise.Certainly of interest to those interested in the structures and narratives of the whodunnit - but rather dull to the general reader.
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