Presumption of Death

Jill Paton Walsh is the author of six novels for adults, one of which, Knowledge of Angels, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In addition, she is the author of two crime novels: The Wyndham Case and A Piece of Justice, which was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award, and was coauthored with Dorothy L. Sayers, of Thrones, Dominations. Dorothy L. Sayers, the greatest of the golden-age detective novelists, was born in Oxford in 1893. Her aristocratic detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, became one of the most popular fictional heroes of the twentieth century. She devoted the last 20 years of her life to playwriting, Christian scholarship, and a new translation of Dante. She died in 1957.Paton Walsh, Jill is the author of 'Presumption of Death', published 2004 under ISBN 9780312991388 and ISBN 031299138X.