Dimensions
154 x 234 x 31mm
The New Lord Peter Wimsey Novel.
In 1998, Jill Paton Walsh completed Dorothy L Sayers' last, unfinished Lord Peter Wimsey novel, 'Thrones, Dominations' to widespread praise.
Although Sayers never began another Wimsey novel - by the beginning of World War II she had embarked on a completely new career as the foremost religious playwright in Britain - she did leave clues.
A series of letters from members of the Wimsey family were published in the 'Spectator' in 1939 and 1940, and several short stories later collected in 'Striding Folly' would follow. But until now, no one has really known what happened to them all.
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 practice ends with a very real body on the ground - and it is not a war casualty. Before long Harriet - with the crucial support of Lord Peter when he returns from intelligence duties abroad - is battling her way to the solution of a complex and dangerous mystery.
Once again, Jill Paton Walsh has invented a mystery plot worth of Sayers herself, while faultlessly capturing the voice of one of the most compelling writers of the twentieth century.
