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'Linscott writes like a rewarding angel' SUNDAY TIMES Young Nell Bray is doing her best to live up to the standards of conduct demanded of an Oxford woman student in 1900. A summer reading party in the company of male undergraduates is frowned upon, but given the opportunity of fresh air and Greek philosophy in the Lake District, she can't refuse. She and her friends discover a house under siege and are met by a shotgun blast from their host. Events take an even more desperate turn when a silver stallion gallops out of the mist with a dead man on his back...
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Linscott writes like a rewarding angel (SUNDAY TIMES)
She brings...dilemas to life, taking us effortlessly into an alien moral landscape which feels packed with contemporary relevance. (DAILY EXPRESS)
A skillfully written, absorbing, thought-provoking read which challenges the reader to absorb every line. (HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW)
Nell (bright, tough and without illusions) is an appealing and believable heroine. (Donna Leon)
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The latest Nell Bray mystery takes us back to the first year of the 20th Century when Nell, a student at Oxford, experiences her first kiss and investigates her first murder.
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