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It was 1921 when Lord Peter Wimsey first encountered the Attenbury emeralds. The recovery of the magnificent gem in Lord Attenbury's most dazzling heirloom made headlines - and launched a shell-shocked young aristocrat on his career as a detective.
Now it is 1951: a happily married Lord Peter has just shared the secrets of that mystery with his wife, the detective novelist Harriet Vane. Then the new young Lord Attenbury - grandson of Lord Peter's first client - seeks his help again, this time to prove who owns the gigantic emerald that Wimsey last saw in 1921.
It will be the most intricate and challenging mystery he has ever faced . . .
Since the publication of A Presumption of Death, which was set in 1941 in the wartime English countryside, readers have been eagerly asking for this story - a wholly original and utterly engrossing new detective adventure.
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Sayers's fans won't be disappointed, and newcomers are in for a treat (Laura Wilson, Guardian)
Sayers would not have recognised that it wasn't her own work. (Marcel Berlins, The Times)
A great deal of fun. (Natasha Cooper TLS)
An absolute treat: civilised, intelligent and spellbinding. . . (Barry Forshaw, Daily Express)
A pitch-perfect Golden Age mystery; not a pastiche but a gem of a period puzzle that belongs on the shelf beside the Wimsey originals. (Christopher Fowler, Financial Times)
An enjoyable and clever concoction . . . a good puzzle . . . skilled portrait of the austere postwar world. (Jessica Mann, Literary Review)
Paton Walsh's book conjurs up a sense of time and place wonderfully well and deals with more than just the central story, giving us a clear picture of life after the war, how the lives of the characters have been affected by it, and also showing subtly and powerfully the relationship between master and servant . . . A crime puzzle with deeper layers which makes for an entertaining and satisfying read. (Historical Novels Review)
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Sayers would not have recognised that it wasn't her own work. (Marcel Berlins, The Times)
A great deal of fun. (Natasha Cooper TLS)
An absolute treat: civilised, intelligent and spellbinding. . . (Barry Forshaw, Daily Express)
A pitch-perfect Golden Age mystery; not a pastiche but a gem of a period puzzle that belongs on the shelf beside the Wimsey originals. (Christopher Fowler, Financial Times)
An enjoyable and clever concoction . . . a good puzzle . . . skilled portrait of the austere postwar world. (Jessica Mann, Literary Review)
Paton Walsh's book conjurs up a sense of time and place wonderfully well and deals with more than just the central story, giving us a clear picture of life after the war, how the lives of the characters have been affected by it, and also showing subtly and powerfully the relationship between master and servant . . . A crime puzzle with deeper layers which makes for an entertaining and satisfying read. (Historical Novels Review)
The long-awaited new Lord Peter Wimsey novel, telling the story of his first case - and his last . . .
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0340995726
- ISBN 13 9780340995723
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