The Attenbury Emeralds by Jill Paton Walsh. 338 p.The newest book by Paton Walsh featuring Dorothy L. Sayers' sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, his wife Harriet Vane the mystery writer, and their assorted family and friends. This one is set several years after the end of World War II, and is as much about the changing social mores and expectations as it is about any mysteries to be solved. We start off with a quite lengthy flashback to Peter's first case, which coincidentally ends up tying into a current problem. As with the previous book that Paton Walsh did with these characters, I enjoy the historical setting greatly, and find the idea of how these particular characters would cope with post-war situations interesting--but the characters end up a bit flat, which just makes me want to go re-read the original Sayers books. The characters aren't badly done, by any means, but they lack the spark that was present when Sayers wrote them.
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