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The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen Mysteries) - Softcover

Book 1 of 10: The Gervase Fen Mysteries

Crispin, Edmund

 
9781933397009: The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen Mysteries)

Synopsis

Theater companies are notorious hotbeds of intrigue, and few are more intriguing than the company currently in residence at Oxford University. Center-stage is the beautiful, malicious Yseut, a mediocre actress with a stellar talent for destroying men. Rounding out the cast are more than a few of her past and present conquests, and the women who love them. And watching from the wings is Professor Gervase Fen?scholar, wit, and fop extraordinaire?who would rather solve crimes than expound on English literature. When Yseut is murdered, Fen finally gets his wish. Gilded Fly, originally published in 1944, was both Fen's first outing and the debut of the pseudonymous Crispin (in reality, composer Bruce Montgomery).

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Review

Hilarious adventures * Washington Post * Marvellous comic sense -- P. D. James One of the undiscovered treasures of British crime fiction -- A. L. Kennedy

Book Description

TRY 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.

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