A Presumption of Death

Author	: Jill Paton Walsh
Publisher	: Hachette UK
Release Date	: 2003-05-26
ISBN 10	: 9781848943797
Pages	: 384 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (489 users)

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Download or read book A Presumption of Death written by Jill Paton Walsh and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2003-05-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Miraculously right: catching precisely the tone of the relationship . . . thrilling' - The Times 'A must for all Wimsey lovers . . . an entertaining read' - Northern Echo It's 1940, and while the Second World War rages on, Harriet Vane - now Lady Peter Wimsey - has taken her children to safety in the country. But the war has followed them: glamorous RAF pilots and even more glamorous land-girls scandalise the villagers, and the blackout makes the night-time lanes as sinister as the back alleys of London. Then the village's first air raid practice ends with a very real body on the ground - and it's not a war casualty, but a case of plain, old-fashioned murder. And it's not long before a second body is found . . .

A Presumption of Death

Author	: Jill Paton Walsh
Publisher	: New English Library
Release Date	: 2003
ISBN 10	: 0340820675
Pages	: 378 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (26 users)

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Download or read book A Presumption of Death written by Jill Paton Walsh and published by New English Library. This book was released on 2003 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Presumption of Death, Jill Paton Walsh tells how World War II changed the lives of Peter, Harriet and their growing family. The story opens in 1940. Harriet Vane - now Lady Peter Wimsey - has taken her children to safety in the country. But the war has followed them: glamorous RAF pilots and even more glamorous land-girls scandalise the villagers; the blackout makes the night-time lanes as sinister as the back alleys of London. Then the village's first air raid practise ends with a very real body on the ground - not a war casualty but a case of plain, old-fashioned murder. And even before the second body is found, Lord Peter Wimsey and his brilliant wife are on their way to finding the killer.

A Presumption of Death

Author	: Jill Paton Walsh
Publisher	: Minotaur Books
Release Date	: 2007-04-01
ISBN 10	: 9781429982115
Pages	: 384 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (299 users)

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Download or read book A Presumption of Death written by Jill Paton Walsh and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty years after Dorothy L. Sayers began her unfinished Lord Peter Wimsey novel, Thrones Dominations, Booker Prize finalist Jill Paton Walsh took on the challenge of completing the manuscript---with extraordinary success. "The transition is seamless," said the San Francisco Chronicle; "you cannot tell where Sayers leaves off and Walsh begins." "Will Paton Walsh do it again?" wondered Ruth Rendell in London's Sunday Times. "We must hope so." Jill Paton Walsh fulfills those hopes in A Presumption of Death. Although Sayers never began another Wimsey novel, she did leave clues. Drawing on "The Wimsey Papers," in which Sayers showed various members of the family coping with wartime conditions, Walsh has devised an irresistible story set in 1940, at the start of the Blitz in London. Lord Peter is abroad on secret business for the Foreign Office, while Harriet Vane, now Lady Peter Wimsey, has taken their children to safety in the country. But war has followed them there---glamorous RAF pilots and even more glamorous land-girls scandalize the villagers, and the blackout makes the nighttime lanes as sinister as the back alleys of London. Daily life reminds them of the war so constantly that, when the village's first air-raid practice ends with a real body on the ground, it's almost a shock to hear the doctor declare that it was not enemy action, but plain, old-fashioned murder. Or was it? At the request of the overstretched local police, Harriet reluctantly agrees to investigate. The mystery that unfolds is every bit as literate, ingenious, and compelling as the best of original Lord Peter Wimsey novels.

A Presumption of Death

Author	: Jill Paton Walsh
Publisher	: Coronet
Release Date	: 2002
ISBN 10	: 0340820667
Pages	: 378 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (26 users)

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Download or read book A Presumption of Death written by Jill Paton Walsh and published by Coronet. This book was released on 2002 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Presumption of Death, Jill Paton Walsh tells how World War II changed the lives of Peter, Harriet and their growing family. The story opens in 1940. Harriet Vane - now Lady Peter Wimsey - has taken her children to safety in the country. But the war has followed them: glamorous RAF pilots and even more glamorous land-girls scandalise the villagers; the blackout makes the night-time lanes as sinister as the back alleys of London. Then the village's first air raid practise ends with a very real body on the ground - not a war casualty but a case of plain, old-fashioned murder. And even before the second body is found, Lord Peter Wimsey and his brilliant wife are on their way to finding the killer. Once again, Jill Paton Walsh has invented a mystery plot worthy of Sayers herself, while faultlessly capturing the voice of one of the most compelling writers of the twentieth century.

Bowker s Guide to Characters in Fiction 2007

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Release Date	: 2008-02
ISBN 10	: 083524749X
Pages	: 2996 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (474 users)

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Christianity and the Detective Story

Author	: Anya Morlan
Publisher	: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date	: 2014-08-11
ISBN 10	: 9781443865418
Pages	: 260 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (438 users)

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Download or read book Christianity and the Detective Story written by Anya Morlan and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity and the Detective Story is the first book to gather together academic criticism on this particular connection between religion and popular culture. The articles cover the origin of this relationship in the works of G. K. Chesterton, examine its development through the “Golden Age” of mystery writers such as Dorothy L. Sayers, and include discussions of recent and contemporary television crime dramas. The volume makes a strong case for viewing mystery writing as a valid means of providing both entertainment and religious insight.

What Do I Read Next Volume 2 2003

Author	: Neil Barron
Publisher	: Gale / Cengage Learning
Release Date	: 2004
ISBN 10	: 0787661821
Pages	: 714 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (618 users)

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Download or read book What Do I Read Next Volume 2 2003 written by Neil Barron and published by Gale / Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2004 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides synopses for over 1,500 titles of current popular fiction and recommends other books by such criteria as authors, characters portrayed, time period, geographical setting, or genre

Dorothy L Sayers

Author	: Eric Sandberg
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 2022-01-04
ISBN 10	: 9781476645308
Pages	: 231 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (766 users)

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Download or read book Dorothy L Sayers written by Eric Sandberg and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dorothy L. Sayers was one of the "Queens of Crime." Alongside writers like Agatha Christie, she perfected the whodunnit, but also used the genre to explore social, ethical, and emotional matters. Her characters, particularly Lord Peter Wimsey and his investigative partner Harriet Vane, struggle with the complexities of life and love in a rapidly changing world while solving some of the most intricate and complex mysteries ever offered to the reading public. Sayers was also an important theoretician of detective fiction, a religious dramatist, a public intellectual, and one of the 20th century's most important translators of Dante. While focusing on her mystery fiction, this companion offers a full view of all aspects of Sayers's career. It is an ideal introduction for readers new to Sayers's diverse and rewarding body of work, and an invaluable companion for her many fans.

Seven

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Release Date	: 2002
ISBN 10	: UCSC:32106019476651
Pages	: 130 pages
Rating	: 4.:/5 (321 users)

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The Publishers Weekly

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Release Date	: 2007
ISBN 10	: UCSD:31822036963536
Pages	: 944 pages
Rating	: 4.:/5 (318 users)

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Encounters in Microbiology

Author	: Jeffrey Pommerville
Publisher	: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Release Date	: 2009-09-29
ISBN 10	: 9780763757984
Pages	: 136 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (637 users)

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Download or read book Encounters in Microbiology written by Jeffrey Pommerville and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1921 when Lord Peter Wimsey first encountered the Attenbury emeralds. The recovery of the magnificent gem in Lord Attenbury's most dazzling heirloom made headlines - and launched a shell-shocked young aristocrat on his career as a detective. Now it is 1951: a happily married Lord Peter has just shared the secrets of that mystery with his wife, the detective novelist Harriet Vane. Then the new young Lord Attenbury - grandson of Lord Peter's first client - seeks his help again, this time to prove who owns the gigantic emerald that Wimsey last saw in 1921. It will be the most intricate and challenging mystery he has ever faced . . . Since the publication of A Presumption of Death, which was set in 1941 in the wartime English countryside, readers have been eagerly asking for this story - a wholly original and utterly engrossing new detective adventure.

Forthcoming Books

Author	: Rose Arny
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2003
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015054026961
Pages	: 1818 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (91 users)

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Library Journal

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Release Date	: 2004
ISBN 10	: IND:30000093087132
Pages	: 1372 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 ( users)

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