The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

 

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Update: 1/3/2 It was even better reading it a second time. Most good books are. I rarely give 5 stars (to authors whose works I review; it's nothing personal), but this one deserves it. Few books I read have to capacity to shape me as I read them. This one does.
Previous review: (slightly updated)
"So I think I'd better go, said Wimsey. "I rather wish I hadn't come buttin' into this. Some things may be better left alone, don't you think? My sympathies are all in the wrong place and I don't like it. I know all about not doing evil that good may come. It's doin' good that evil may come that is so embarrassin'."
"My dear boy," said the Rector, "it does not do for us to take too much thought for the morrow. It is better to follow the truth and leave the results in the hand of God. He can forsee where we cannot, because He knows all the facts."
With this quote, I understood why Sayers designed such an "easy" mystery and placed it on my re-read list.

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Pushing back the Fall

A great use for salad spinners: centrifuge!  And to quote Alexis de Tocqueville,

“If anyone asks me what I think the chief cause of the extraordinary prosperity and growing power of this nation, I should answer that it is due to the superiority of their women.”

 And of course they share the fruits of their labors with the world.