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Series
Publisher
Bourbon Street Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"On November 11, ninety-year-old General Fentiman is found dead in an armchair at the Bellona Club. No one knows exactly when his death occurred--information essential in determining the recipient of a substantial inheritance. But that is only one of the mysteries vexing Lord Peter Wimsey. The aristocratic sleuth needs every bit of his amazing skills to discover why the proud officer's lapel was missing the requisite red poppy on Armistice Day, how...
3) Gaudy night
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Formats
Description
Returning to Oxford for a reunion dinner at her old college, Harriet Vane is delighted to be back in familiar, beloved surroundings. The idyllic return is shattered by a series of nasty messages referring to her earlier trial for murder.
Author
Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Description
A completed work based on an unfinished Dorothy L. Sayers manuscript from 1936 finds Lord Peter Wimsey revisiting his first case from thirty years earlier when the descendant of Lord Attenbury begs his help in proving the ownership of a priceless cache of emeralds.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bourbon Street Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Dashing detective Lord Peter Wimsey is caught up in the murder trial of mystery writer Harriet Vane. Her fiance has died of poisoning exactly as described in one of Harriet's novels -- so naturally she is the prime suspect. As Peter looks on, he not only falls in love with the accused but eagerly helps with Harriet's defense when the first trial ends in a hung jury. Will she be convicted and executed for the crime, or can he save her life and win...
Author
Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Lord Peter and Harriet return to the scene of their literate courtship to resolve an Oxford University dispute that is complicated by the disappearance of several prominent Fellows.
Author
Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 13
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Bourbon Street Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
After she is cleared for the murder of her husband, Harriet Vane seeks solace in the country, but is soon attempting to solve another murder with her good friend Lord Peter Wimsey when a body washes up on shore and then mysteriously disappears.
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