The Attenbury Emeralds

Download or read book The Attenbury Emeralds written by Jill Paton Walsh and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A delight.' - Irish Times 'A pitch-perfect Golden Age mystery . . . a gem of a period puzzle' - Financial Times Thirty years ago, Lord Peter Wimsey encountered the Attenbury emeralds. The recovery of Lord Attenbury's magnificent gem made headlines - and launched the shell-shocked young aristocrat on his career as a detective. Now it is 1951: a happily married Lord Peter has just shared the secrets of that mystery with his wife, the detective novelist Harriet Vane. Then the new Lord Attenbury - the grandson of Lord Peter's first client - seeks his help again, this time to prove who owns the gigantic emerald that Wimsey last saw in 1921. It will be the most intricate and challenging mystery he has ever faced . . .