A Presumption of Death
New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 378 pages ; 25 cm.
Drawing on the events of "The Wimsey Papers," a tale set during the Blitz in 1940 London finds Lord Peter conducting secret business for the Foreign Office, while Harriet, caring for the family, is shocked by the murder of a young Land Girl.
Series: A new Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane mystery
Subjects:
Wimsey, Peter, Lord (Fictitious character), 1890- -- Fiction.
Women's Land Army (Great Britain) -- Fiction.
Vane, Harriet (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Fiction.
Women detectives -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War stories.
Detective and mystery stories.
London (England) -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Juvenile fiction.
Wimsey, Peter, Lord (Fictitious character), 1890- -- Fiction.
Women's Land Army (Great Britain) -- Fiction.
Vane, Harriet (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Fiction.
Women detectives -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War stories.
Detective and mystery stories.
London (England) -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
0312291000
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
M Paton Walsh | Sandhills Indoors | Mystery | In |
Mystery written by Jill Paton Walsh based on Dorothy Sayers's descriptions of the Wimseys coping with wartime conditions in 1940.