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Loading... A Presumption of Death: A New Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mystery (original 2002; edition 2003)by Jill Paton Walsh, Dorothy L. Sayers
Work InformationA Presumption of Death by Jill Paton Walsh (2002)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Audiobook ( ) New reader for this book -- took some getting used to, but enjoyed it once I did. Harriet on her own at Tallboys in WWII, holding down the fort and keeping the 5 kids of the next generation in the country with her (with nanny and cook and housemaid, of course). She remains a quietly enthralling character, and the story really powerfully relates the harrowing powerlessness of waiting that so many people have endured in times of war and crisis. Beautiful writing, feels true to the original series with perhaps a little more emotional depth. no reviews | add a review
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. No library descriptions found. |
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