Eleven Things that Weren’t Written by Dorothy L. Sayers, VI

[nineveh_uk]

'Ware spoilers!

Five Red Herrings

Page 21.

Wimsey’s air of idleness had left him. He searched the ground around the easel and stool carefully, crawling over the heather, and wincing as fragments of gorse worked their way through his socks. He sat up, and stared at Dalziel.

‘We’re looking for a murderer, Sergeant. Somebody’s pocketed the flake white.’

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

Heh. That's the obvious one, of course - but no less funny for all that.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

It's the one that did not require re-reading (though I am now feeling inclined to give it a go).

[tree_and_leaf]

I rather like "Five Red Herrings", even though I'm not an overly enthusiastic fan of the puzzle type of story. At least, I have read FRH several times, which I would not do with John Dickson Carr, even though I enjoy the Gideon Fell stories on the first trip through....