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Author
Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 26
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"Harriet Vane's Oxford reunion is shadowed by a rash of bizarre pranks and malicious mischief that include beautifully worded death threats, burnt effigies, and vicious poison-pen letters, and Harriet finds herself and Lord Peter Wimsey challenged by an elusive set of clues."--from NoveList.
Author
Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
"No sign of foul play". So concludes Dr Carr's post-mortem on Agatha Dawson, and the case is closed. But Lord Peter Wimsey is not satisfied and, with no clues to work on, begins his own investigation. No clues, that is, until the sudden and senseless murder of Agatha's maid.
Author
Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 11
Language
English
Description
Lord Peter and his mystery-writer bride, Harriet Vane, are forced to postpone their relaxing country honeymoon when they find a startling surprise in the cellar of their new estate: a corpse.
Author
Language
English
Description
Three perplexing puzzles-and three inimitable Wimsey solutions-told with wit, humor, and suspense. Narrator Ian Carmichael, the quintessential Lord Peter, provides great entertainment with his talented performance of these three stories. In "Striding Folly," a frightening dream provides a haunting premonition. A house numbered thirteen is in a street of even numbers, and a dead man was never alive in "The Haunted Policeman." And "Talboys" sees Lord...
Language
English
Description
Set in a richly portrayed society well-stocked with eccentric nobles and gossipy villagers, this story centers around 17-year-old Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a respected country doctor. The well-ordered world of Molly's childhood is soon to be complicated by new people and unexpected situations. Most devastating is her father's decision to remarry after many years of widowhood. Molly's faltering efforts to cope gracefully with an impossible...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Clouds of Witness - Death hits close to home when Lord Peter's future brother-in-law is murdered. Complicating matters is the man who stands accused: Gerald Wimsey, Lord Peter's brother. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - When a member of the prominent Bellona Club dies on the same day as his sister, Lord Peter must determine who will inherit a sizeable fortune. Bonus features included.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after visiting East Anglia, Wimsey is stranded there after an auto mishap. When a mutilated body is found on the estate, Wimsey discovers a connection to the jewels that were stolen 20 years before. The full picture eludes him until a natural disaster strikes and the nine church bells that signal death in a country town ring out. Starring Ian Carmichael.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
After a social visit to a grand estate - during which thieves make off with another guest's valuable jewels - a young, war-bound Wimsey expects he will never have cause to return to the quiet village in the fen country of East Anglia. But twenty years later, he and Bunter are stranded there after an auto mishap, and Wimsey uses his skills as a change-ringer to thank the minister who takes them in. When a mutilated body is found on the estate, Wimsey...
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A young copywriter takes a fatal fall on the job, but not before alerting his boss that something far more dire than bad copy has infiltrated the ad agency. The boss hires detective Death Bredon, Wimsey in disguise, who poses as an adman taking over the dead man's job. as Bredon, Wimsey writes snappy headlines, banters with the typists and carouses with highborn lowlifes in his free time, all while piecing together a web of nefarious criminals that...
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Lord Peter Wimsey's future brother-in-law is murdered during a family retreat at Riddlesdale Lodge. His brother, George Wimsey, the Duke of Denver, is charged with the crime. Lord Peter joins the investigation, uncovering a mysterious letter from Egypt, a grieving fiancee with suitcase in hand an da bullet destined for one very special Wimsey.
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Wimsey goes on holiday in Scotland, hoping to relax and catch some trout, but he is soon called on to catch more than fish when Campbell, an unpopular local artist, is found dead. Campbell appears to have taken an accidental fall, but his hot-tempered behavior and ongoing fueds with several local men suggest murder. Wimsey feels certain of this when a key piece of evidence is missing from the seaside spot where Campbell was found. With six possible...
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Th emystery begins and ends in the lounge of the Bellona Club, where the elderly members all slumber like corpses in their club chairs. On Armistice day 1922, one of them, old General Fentiman, really is a corpse. Unpleasant indeed. Curiously, the general's sister, wealthy Lady Dorland, dies the same day and hte disposition of her significant fortune depends on which of the two died first. Wimsey answers that question and, in the process, uncovers...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
One spring, Mole decides to begin a series of adventures with his new friend, Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank and on an expedition with Toad. Toad decides his new car is more fun and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help. Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence for theft, reckless driving, and gross impertinence. Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and manages to escape. Badger tries to...
