“Abbot Thomas set me here and bade me ring both loud and clear,” says the second largest but oldest and most ominous of the bells. Their names and inscriptions read like tombstones.
Paul, “tellers” of time and death for this lonely hamlet situated in the watery coastal lowlands northeast of London. They are the bells of the fictional Fenchurch St. The tailors of the title don’t make garments.
I was prepared to meet bells that have names and personalities thanks to The Nine Tailors, generally considered the best of the 11 detective novels Dorothy L. And if you line up with a sunbeam and cock your head just right, you discover that the 23 carillon bells named for Mary speak for themselves: “I was blessed by the Rev. Anthony of Padua, the church’s 6½-ton bourdon bell, as well as what is widely thought to be the oldest carillon in North America. But the reward is an up-close view of St. If you’re up there for a quarter hour or more, earplugs are a must. The wooden stairs are narrow and steeply pitched, and the first flight alone is sufficiently dusty and Hitchcockian as to discourage anyone but the most determined and cautious visitor. Sayers - BOOK BEGIN.The bell tower of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart isn’t on the standard Notre Dame campus tour for good reason. Nine Tailors refers to the tradition of tolling nine church bells when a man dies. The title has nothing to do with sewing clothes. They take refuge with the parson of the local church and become embroiled in a local murder that may be linked to the theft of an emerald necklace 15 years earlier. Lord Peter and his butler Bunter have driven into a ditch in a snowstorm on New Year's Eve.
That first line doesn't tell you much, but the opening scene is a good one. "That's torn it!" said Lord Peter Wimsey. If you link to social media or post on social media, please use the hashtag #bookbeginnings. If you just want to leave your opening sentence in a comment below, that's fine too! Make sure to tell us the name of the book and th author! Share a link to your blog post or social media post if you play along on Instagram, Facebook, or some other social media that generates a link. Please share your book beginning here by sharing a link to the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are highlighting this week. It counts as my "Murder by the Numbers" entry in the Golden Era category (mysteries published before 1960). It is my first read for the 2021 Vintage Mystery Challenge hosted by Bev at My Reader's Block. This is the ninth novel in Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey series and was published in 1934. Which is why I'm hunkering down with The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. This is exactly the kind of winter weekend that calls for an old-fashioned murder mystery. I don't know what it's like where you are, but here in Portland, it is cold! Cold and damp and the rain is coming back tomorrow. Back again for another Book Beginnings on Fridays.
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