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'Here I have set down all that I know of the Plague'It's 1665 and Mall Percival is a shepherd girl living in a Derbyshire village.

Peter Wimsey is pleased to discover that along with a Dukedom he has inherited the duties of 'visitor' at an Oxford college. When the fellows appeal to him to resolve a dispute, he and Harriet set off happily to spend some time in Oxford. But the dispute turns out to be embittered. The voting is evenly balanced between two passionate parties - evenly balanced, that is, until several of the fellows unexpectedly die. The Warden has a casting vote, but the Warden has disappeared. And the causes of death of the deceased fellows bear an uncanny resemblance to the murder methods in Peter's past cases - methods that Harriet has used in her published novels.

Another foolhardy Cambridge college-climber has died attempting Harding's Folly. This time it's John Talentire, one of the brightest young dons at St Agatha's, and the verdict is accident, compounded by idiocy. But Imogen Quy - her name rhymes with 'why' - can't help wondering how such a clever young man died so stupidly. And when a wildly eccentric production of Hamlet is interrupted by a murder accusation, Imogen has to look into it, uncovering more crimes than she expected...

Booker shortlisted author Jill Paton Walsh returns with the second Imogen Quy mystery

Hoping to attract a generous endowment, St Agatha's College, Cambridge, invites fabulously wealthy Sir Julius Farran to dine. The evening is a disaster for everyone but Imogen Quy: Farran asks her to come and work for him. She declines, but when Farran dies, suddenly and shockingly, she has to look into it. His death left a large hole in his company accounts that could mean financial ruin for St Agatha's. To save her college, Imogen starts to cast her cool eye over the financier's heirs, employees and enemies. What is right about the death of Sir Julius? What is wrong about it? And why did it happen? After all, her name rhymes with ''why''.

První české vydání klasické detektivky z prostředí britské společnosti mezi válkami. Peter Wimsey řeší další záhadu…

D. L. Sayersová začala tento román, psát v roce 1936, ale nedokončila ho. Byl pak nalezen jako fragment v její pozůstalosti a dokončení se ujala Jill Paton Walshová, známá autorka knih pro děti a dvou detektivních románů oceněných Sdružením spisovatelů detektivek. Tentokrát nejde o typický detektivní příběh, ale spíše o společenský román s detektivní zápletkou, kde se kromě záhady zločinu řeší otázky vztahů mezi jednotlivými společenskými vrstvami, ale i problémy manželství a vůbec vztahů mezi muži a ženami v konservativní předválečné Anglii, pro než autorka hledá netradiční východiska.

It is 1945. As the German Army retreats and the tide of war sweeps back over Eastern Europe, the lives of the inhabitants are changed forever.

Pattie and her family are among the last refuees 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 success. But as they begin to settle this shining world, they discover that the colony is in serious jeopardy. With supplies dwindling, Pattie and her sister decide to take the one chance that might make life possible on Shine.

Once a year cousins Madge and Paul visit Goldengrove, their grandmother's idyllic Cornish home. One year, as summer turns to autumn and as they are drawn from childhood to maturity, their seemingly indomitable grandmother turns to winter, and the precious moments of innocence are swept away.