Author: Edmund Crispin Year: 1948 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Detective
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ISBNs: 9780099506218 9781933397856 0099506211 1933397853 |
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A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse ' discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. Castrevenford school is preparing for Speech Day and English professor and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen is called upon to present the prizes. However, the night before the big day, strange events take place that leave two members of staff dead. The Headmaster turns to Professor Fen to investigate the murders. While disentangling the facts of the case, Mr Fen is forced to deal with student love affairs, a kidnapping and a lost Shakespearean manuscript. By turns hilarious and chilling, Love Lies Bleeding is a classic of the detective genre. Erudite, eccentric and entirely delightful ' Before Morse, Oxford's murders were solved by Gervase Fen, the most unpredictable detective in classic crime fiction.
This book is part of the "Gervase Fen" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Beware of the Trains" First published in 1953 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Long Divorce" First published in 1951 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Frequent Hearses" First published in 1950 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Buried for Pleasure" First published in 1948 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Swan Song" First published in 1947 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Moving Toyshop" First published in 1946 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Holy Disorders" First published in 1945 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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