false 132671 11 Asked by her new husband, the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey, why she is having trouble writing her latest mystery novel, Harriet Vane explains, "When I needed the money, it justified itself. It was a job of work, and I did it as well as I could, and that was that. But now, you see, it has no necessity except itself. And, of course, it's hard; it's always been hard, and it's getting harder. So when I'm stuck I think, this isn't my livelihood, and it isn't great art, it's only detective stories. You read them and write them for fun." Is this a clue to the mystery of why Dorothy L. Sayers put aside her 13th full-length Lord Peter novel in 1938 and never finished it? She had made lots of money, and was much more interested in translating Dante and writing about religion. Or is it another excellent novelist, Jill Paton Walsh, speculating--in a perfect imitation of Sayers's voice--on what might have happened? Walsh was invited by the estate of Sayers's illegitimate son, Anthony Fleming, to finish <i>Thrones, Dominations</i>. She has done a splendid job, certain to please Sayers loyalists on the "dorothyl" listserv as well as those new to the Wimsey canon. Lord Peter has been made much more human and interesting by marriage; Harriet is a wise and acerbic companion; and the story, about the murders of two beautiful young women involved with a theatrical producer, is full of twists and connivance. There's also a fascinating subplot involving the soon-to-abdicate King Edward VII and a country on the brink of World War II. Earlier Wimseys in paperback include <i>The Five Red Herrings</i>, <i>Gaudy Night</i>, <i>Murder Must Advertise</i>, and <i>Unnatural Death</I>. Books in print by Walsh include a mystery called <i>A Piece of Justice</i> and a novel, <i>The Serpentine Cave</i>. 959167 book 15 2 1998 Thrones, Dominations total:417|5:64|4:142|3:153|2:41|1:17| 417 1446 523 44 2 2 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Sat Sep 22 17:38:22 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 21:09:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Jan 08 18:34:41 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 18:42:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 06:05:57 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 06:14:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Jun 16 20:13:10 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 20:13:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 16:55:54 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 16:57:05 -0700 2009
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For me, it was all-to-obvious that JPW's voice and viewpoint was modern. The flavo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Nov 06 10:26:15 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 10:33:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 24 10:00:22 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 10:02:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 10:50:54 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 10:53:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 11:34:17 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:34:17 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Feb 09 19:24:57 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 19:25:20 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 18:17:32 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 07:19:39 -0700 2009 more...]]>