num_pages: 354
description: The body was on the pointed rocks alongside the stream. The artist might have fallen from the cliff where he was painting, but there are too many suspicious elements—particularly the medical evidence that proves he'd been dead nearly half a day, though eyewitnesses had seen him alive a scant hour earlier. And then there are the six prime suspects—all of them artists, all of whom wished him dead. Five are red herrings, but one has created a masterpiece of murder that baffles everyone, including Lord Peter Wimsey.
language: English
title: The Five Red Herrings
titlecomplete: The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
characters: Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey, Mervyn Bunter, Gilda Farren, Matthew Gowan, Inspector MacPherson, John Ferguson, Sir Maxwell Jamieson, Jock Graham, Hugh Farren, Henry Strachan, Michael Waters (Lord Peter Wimsey), Sandy Campbell
genres: Classics, British Literature, Historical, Mystery, Detective, Scotland, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 13636
places: Galloway, Scotland
series: Lord Peter Wimsey Chronological, Lord Peter Wimsey
publisher: HarperTorch