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In Jill Paton Walsh's fourth installment in her inspired continuation of Dorothy L. Sayers's acclaimed mysteries, Lord Peter Wimsey and his detective novelist wife, Harriet Vane, revisit their beloved Oxford, where a long and literate courtship fi...

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'Miraculously right: catching precisely the tone of the relationship . . . thrilling' - The Times 'A must for all Wimsey lovers . . . an entertaining read' - Northern Echo It's 1940, and while the Second World War rages on, Harriet Vane - now Lady...

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'An engrossing, intelligent and provocative novel in the guise of a conventional mystery' - New York Times Book Review'A superb job of seamless collaboration. Thrones, Dominations is pure pleasure.' - Wall Street Journal1936. Lord Peter Wimsey has...

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'Cleverly plotted . . . Walsh's pitch-perfect re-creation of the charismatic leads is a delight' - Publishers Weekly 'Delicious' - Booklist Lord Peter Wimsey is delighted to discover that along with a dukedom he has inherited the duties of 'visito...

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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. Th...

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Sixty years after Dorothy L. Sayers began her unfinished Lord Peter Wimsey novel, Thrones Dominations , Booker Prize finalist Jill Paton Walsh took on the challenge of completing the manuscript-with extraordinary success. "The transition is s...

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'A delight.' - Irish Times 'A pitch-perfect Golden Age mystery . . . a gem of a period puzzle' - Financial Times Thirty years ago, Lord Peter Wimsey encountered the Attenbury emeralds. The recovery of Lord Attenbury's magnificent gem made headline...

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'An engrossing, intelligent and provocative novel in the guise of a conventional mystery' - New York Times Book Review 'A superb job of seamless collaboration. Thrones, Dominations is pure pleasure.' - Wall Street Journal 1936. Lord Peter Wimsey h...

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'Imogen Quy positively sparkles on the page as an amateur sleuth' - Sunday Express What is the Summerfield secret? Biography is usually a safe profession. But more than one biographer has found that writing about the late mathematician Gideon Summ...

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Pattie and her family are among the last refugees to flee a dying Earth in an old spaceship. And when the group finally lands on the distant planet which is to be their new home, it seems that the four-year journey has been a success. But as they ...

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'An entertaining read' - Sunday Times Why did Sir Julius Farran die? Hoping to attract a generous endowment, St Agatha's College, Cambridge, invites the fabulously wealthy Sir Julius Farran to dine. The evening is a disaster for everyone except th...

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'Jill Paton Walsh has created a Miss Marple for the 21st century' - Mirror 'A jewel in the traditional English detective mode . . . Ms. Morse has arrived' - Observer Another foolhardy Cambridge college night climber has died attempting Harding's F...

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'A jewel in the traditional English detective mode . . . Ms. Morse has arrived' Observer According to certain Cambridge scholars, the locked library of St Agatha's College is home to an unrivalled - and deeply uninteresting - collection of sevente...

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It is, perhaps, the fifteenth century and the ordered tranquillity of a Mediterranean island is about to be shattered by the appearance of two outsiders: one, a castaway, plucked from the sea by fishermen, whose beliefs represent a challenge to th...

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A gripping wartime adventure story for young readers, The Dolphin Crossing (first published in 1967) marked the fiction debut of Jill Paton Walsh, subsequently a celebrated author of detective stories and novels for adults. The Dolphin Crossing is...

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Sometimes, Birdy watches her father row people across the dangerous sea, but when the wrinkled old woman asks to be ferried across, Birdy jumps in too. The woman tells Birdy that she has second sight, but Birdy isn't sure she wants this special gi...

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The miner's work is hard-they need pasties to keep them going. When Thomas shares his pasty with a small miner, he is rewarded with a wish. But soon, more miners appear and Thomas regrets his kindness-until he faces an even bigger problem...

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It is Paris, 1936. Harriet and Peter are enjoying a brief respite after the execution of the murderer he brought to justice in "Busman's Honeymoon". They are introduced to a rich English couple, and the lives of the two couples begin to ...

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When a dispute among the Fellows of St. Severin's College, Oxford University, reaches a stalemate, Lord Peter Wimsey discovers that as the Duke of Denver he is "e;the Visitor"e;-charged with the task of resolving the issue. It is time for ...

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Deemed "e;one of the greatest mystery writers of this century"e; by the Los Angeles Times, Dorothy L. Sayers first captivated readers nearly seventy years ago with her beloved sleuths Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane in the novel Stong P...

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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 ...

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'Jill Paton Walsh has created a Miss Marple for the 21st century' - Mirror'A jewel in the traditional English detective mode . . . Ms. Morse has arrived' - ObserverAnother foolhardy Cambridge college night climber has died attempting Harding's Fol...

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'Imogen Quy positively sparkles on the page as an amateur sleuth' - Sunday ExpressWhat is the Summerfield secret?Biography is usually a safe profession. But more than one biographer has found that writing about the late mathematician Gideon Summer...

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'A jewel in the traditional English detective mode . . . Ms. Morse has arrived' ObserverAccording to certain Cambridge scholars, the locked library of St Agatha's College is home to an unrivalled - and deeply uninteresting - collection of seventee...

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'Cleverly plotted . . . Walsh's pitch-perfect re-creation of the charismatic leads is a delight' - Publishers Weekly'Delicious' - BooklistLord Peter Wimsey is delighted to discover that along with a dukedom he has inherited the duties of 'visitor'...

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'An entertaining read' - Sunday TimesWhy did Sir Julius Farran die?Hoping to attract a generous endowment, St Agatha's College, Cambridge, invites the fabulously wealthy Sir Julius Farran to dine. The evening is a disaster for everyone except the ...

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It is 1945. Somewhere in Central Europe, in the aftermath of violence and confusion, a terrified and bloodstained young woman, Eliska, emerges from the forest to take refuge in an apparently abandoned castle. Soon she is joined by others - the ide...

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When Marion's mother is silenced, first by a stroke, and then by death, she is left confronting the chaotic detritus of a life obsessively devoted to art. she has left it too late to ask the crucial questions about scenes confusedly remembered fro...

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It is, perhaps, the fifteenth century and the ordered tranquillity of a Mediterranean island is about to be shattered by the appearance of two outsiders: one, a castaway, plucked from the sea by fishermen, whose beliefs represent a challenge to th...

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Jill Paton Walsh's classic science fiction novel The Green Book is now available from Square Fish with a brand-new cover! Pattie and her family are among the last refugees to flee a dying Earth in an old spaceship. And when the group finally lands...

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