The Incredible Crime: A Cambridge Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)

Lois Austen-Leigh

ISBN 10: 0712356029 / ISBN 13: 9780712356022

Published by The British Library Publishing Division, 2017

Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # E13N-00527

Synopsis:

Prince's College, Cambridge, is a peaceful and scholarly community, enlivened by Prudence Pinsent, the Master's daughter. Spirited, beautiful, and thoroughly unconventional, Prudence is a remarkable young woman. One fine morning she sets out for Suffolk to join her cousin Lord Wellende for a few days' hunting., On the way Prudence encounters Captain Studde of the coastguard - who is pursuing a quarry of his own. Studde is on the trail of a drug smuggling ring that connects Wellende Hall with the cloistered world of Cambridge. It falls to Prudence to unravel the identity of the smugglers - who may be forced to kill, to protect their secret.

Review: Austen-Leigh's book is the total antidote to the tough, contemporary novels of today. The skill of the writer will always win out. --On Magazine, February 2018

Lois Austen-Leigh is the great-great grandniece of Jane Austen and she has something of her famous relative's deft touch at social satire in this mystery published in 1931. --Elaine Cichantk, NetGalley

Austen-Leigh, the great-great niece of Jane Austen who is said to have used Aunt Jane's writing desk to write four mysteries, provides fascinating details of what British high life was like at the time. --Connie Fletcher, Booklist

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Incredible Crime: A Cambridge Mystery (...
Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good