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The Late Scholar: A Gripping Oxford College Murder Mystery
Jill Paton Walsh
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Description for The Late Scholar: A Gripping Oxford College Murder Mystery
Paperback. A new murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey - now a Duke - and his wife Harriet Vane, set in an Oxford college in the 1950s. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
'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 'visitor' at an Oxford college. When the fellows ask him to resolve a college dispute, he and Harriet are all too keen to spend some time in Oxford.
But the dispute quickly turns sour. The voting is evenly balanced between two passionate parties, and the Warden - who has the casting vote - has mysteriously disappeared. Even worse, several ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444760873
SKU
V9781444760873
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Jill Paton Walsh
Born in 1937, Jill Paton Walsh was an award-winning British novelist and children's writer. Her adult novels include Knowledge of Angels, which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize, and the Imogen Quy Mysteries. She also completed Dorothy L. Sayers's unfinished Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane series. In 1996, she received the CBE for services to literature. She ... Read more
Reviews for The Late Scholar: A Gripping Oxford College Murder Mystery
Ms. Walsh once more succeeds in emulating and extending her late inspiration's unusual mixture of drama and foolishness, poetry and prattle, local colour and grim undercurrents
Wall Street Journal
Cleverly plotted . . . Walsh's pitch-perfect re-creation of the charismatic leads is a delight. Sayers fans can only hope for more.
Publishers Weekly
An entertaining and ... Read more
Wall Street Journal
Cleverly plotted . . . Walsh's pitch-perfect re-creation of the charismatic leads is a delight. Sayers fans can only hope for more.
Publishers Weekly
An entertaining and ... Read more