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...
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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.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780312991388 (031299138X)
Publish date: August 3rd 2004
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
History,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
War,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
World War II,
Cozy Mystery
Series: Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane (#2)
Jill Paton Walsh has got Sayers language beautifully, but I particularly like the growth in the characters and a great story too
I've been on a Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane binge lately. Over the past few weeks I've read all of the Sayers novels involving them. That is, I've re-read the ones that Dorothy L Sayers wrote, and then started reading the Jill Paton Walsh continuations. I quite liked [b:Thrones, Dominations|132671|...
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