A Presumption Of Death

Dorothy L. Sayers left some clues behind for another novel to follow her famous, last uncompleted novel. Jill Paton Walsh has used these clues to create this story of what happened to Harriet Vane and Peter Wimsey during World War Two.

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.

Author(s):

Paton Walsh, Jill, 1937-

Condition:

Good

Format:

Paperback

ISBN-10:

0340820675

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton