num_pages: 384
description: While Lord Peter is abroad on a secret mission, Harriet Vane, now Lady Peter Wimsey, takes their children to safety in the country. But there's no escape from rumors of spies abound, glamorous RAF pilots and flirtatious land-girls scandalize the villagers, and the blackout makes rural lanes as sinister as London's alleys. And when a practice air-raid ends with a young woman's death, it's almost a shock to hear that the cause is not enemy action, but murder. Or is it? With Peter away, Harriet sets out to find out whodunit...and the chilling reason why.
language: English
title: A Presumption of Death
titlecomplete: A Presumption of Death (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #2)
characters: Paul Wimsey, Archie Lugg, Alexandra Katherine Climpson, Bert Ruddle, Bredon Delagardie Peter Wimsey, Martha Ruddle, Mrs. Goodacre, Agnes Twitterton, Harriet Parker, Lady Mary Parker, Wendy Percival, Honoria, Dowager Duchess of Denver, Cornelia Vanderhuysen, Gerald "Saint-George" Wimsey, Flight Lieutenant Alan Brinklow, Roger Birdlap, Jake Datchett, Charles Peter Parker, Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey, The Reverend Simon Goodacre, Mrs. Spright, Harriet Vane, Mrs. Trapps, Mary Lucasta Parker, Superintendent Kirk, Peter Bunter
genres: Historical, Crime, World War II, Historical Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Detective, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 6083
places: Paggleham, Hertfordshire, England, London, England
series: Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane
publisher: St. Martin's