The nine tolls from the belfry of an ancient country church proclaim the death of an unknown man and summon the famous Lord Peter Wimsey to confront and contemplate the good and evil that lurk in life and in human actions.
Steeped in the atmosphere of a quiet parish in the strange, flat fen-country of East Anglia, it is a tale of suspense, character and mood by an author critics and readers rate as one of the great masters of the mystery novel.