In 1936, Dorothy L. Sayers abandoned the last
Lord Peter Wimsey detective story. Sixty years later, a
brown paper parcel containing a copy of the manuscript was
discovered in her agent’s safe in London, and award-winning
novelist Jill Paton Walsh was commissioned to complete it.
The result of the pairing of Dorothy L. Sayers with Walsh
was the international bestseller
Thrones, Dominations.
Now, following
A Presumption of Death, set
during World War II, comes a new Sayers-inspired mystery
featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, revisiting his very first case.
. . . It was 1921 when Lord Peter Wimsey first encountered
the Attenbury Emeralds. The recovery of the gems in Lord
Attenbury’s dazzling heirloom collection made headlines—and
launched a shell-shocked young aristocrat on his career as a
detective.
Thirty years later, a happily married Lord
Peter has just shared the secrets of that mystery with his
wife, the detective novelist Harriet Vane. Suddenly, the new
Lord Attenbury—grandson of Lord Peter’s first client—seeks
his help to prove who owns the emeralds. As Harriet and
Peter contemplate the changes that the war has wrought on
English society—and Peter, who always cherished the
liberties of a younger son, faces the unwanted prospect of
ending up the Duke of Denver after all—Jill Paton Walsh
brings us a masterful new chapter in the annals of one of
the greatest detectives of all time.
Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane Investigate
Comments
4 comments posted.
Re: The Attenbury Emeralds
Lord Peter Wimsey's wife is HARRIET VANE.
(S W 1:07pm January 16, 2011)
Karen Vega 2-8-2011
(Karen Vega 8:10am February 8, 2011)
HARRIET VANE
(Karen Barnett 3:40am February 18, 2011)
Harriet Vane
What a clever idea, but as a writer such big shoes to fill.
(Caroline Kolb 6:54pm February 19, 2011)
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