| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780312991388 | | Publisher: St. Martin's Press | | Publish Date: 8/1/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 36381160 | | Item#: BJXS2K | | Dimensions (in Inches) 7H x 4.25L x 0.75T | | Pages: 384 |
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| | | "Jill Paton Walsh scores a winner in her second novel based on the characters invented by the late Dorothy L. Sayers."
-"Houston Chronicle
"There's good news for fans of Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane mysteries. Jill Paton Walsh has repeated the success of her bestseller, Thrones, Dominations," with a new novel featuring the beloved sleuths. Using "The Wimsey Papers," in which Sayers described life in Britain during World War II, Walsh devises an irresistible story set in 1940 at the start of the Blitz.
A Presumption Of Death
While Lord Peter is abroad on a secret mission, Harriet Vane, now Lady Peter Wimsey, takes their children to safety in the country. But there's no escape from war: rumors of spies abound, glamorous RAF pilots and flirtatious land-girls scandalize the villagers, and the blackout makes rural lanes as sinister as London's alleys. And when a practice air-raid ends with a young woman's death, it's almost a shock to hear that the cause is not enemy action, but murder. Or is it? With Peter away, Harriet sets out to find out whodunit...and the chilling reason why.
"Should Walsh have no further original Sayers material to draw on, she seems perfectly suited to continue the series entirely on her own."
-"Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Jill Paton Walsh's second "new" Dorothy Sayers book--another tale of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane, this one set during World War II--sends Harriet into the fray when a Land Girl is murdered during an air raid. Her investigation takes an unexpected turn when the local dentist, who is a bit of an odd bird, reveals that their quiet village is a headquarters for German spies. Walsh has loosely based the novel on "The Wimsey Papers," which Sayers wrote for the Spectator during the war.
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