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Sayers gave up mystery writing and her suave upper-class hero, Lord Peter Wimsey, after the publication of Busman's Honeymoon in 1937. She started on a 13th mystery, Thrones, Dominations, but abandoned the effort sometime between 1936 and 1938. Walsh was brave enough to take on the challenge of completing the manuscript. The resulting novel has a somewhat patchy plot, and the characters will not always ring true to fans of Sayers's earlier works. The story opens in 1936, with Edward VII flirting with Wallis Simpson and Wimsey embarking on the risky sea of matrimony at the advanced age of 45 with brainy, independent Harriet Vane. Establishing a conjugal household after so long as independent operators has both ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More