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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''.

Dorothy L. Sayers, 1893 - 1957, legte als eine der ersten Frauen an der Universität ihres Geburtsortes Oxford ihr Examen ab. Mit ihren mehr als zwanzig Detektivromanen schrieb sie Literaturgeschichte, und sie gehört neben Agatha Christie und P. D. James zur Trias der großen englischen «Ladies of Crime». Sie führte die Figur des eleganten, finanziell unabhängigen Lord Peter Wimsey ein, der aus moralischen Motiven Verbrechen aufklärt. Dieser äußerst scharfsinnige Amateurdetektiv avancierte zu einem der populärsten Krimihelden des Jahrhunderts.  Otto Bayer (1937-2018) übersetzte zahlreiche Autoren und Autorinnen, u. a. Patricia Highsmith und Agatha Christie. Für seine Neuübersetzung der kompletten Werke von Dorothy L. Sayers wurde er mit dem Literaturpreis der Stadt Stuttgart geehrt, damit war er der erste Übersetzer der auf dem Gebiet der Unterhaltungsliteratur einen Preis erhielt.

Laurence und Rosamund Harwell gelten in ihren Kreisen als Paradebeispiel einer amour fou. Während Laurence als Theaterproduzent seinen Geschäften nachgeht, bändelt die kapriziöse Rosamund mit einem jungen Dramatiker an. Als sie kurze Zeit später ermordet aufgefunden wird, soll sich Lord Peter ein wenig in der feinen Gesellschaft umhören ...

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.