The Three Body Problem : A Cambridge Mystery - **Signed** + First Lined + Publication Dated - 1st/1st

Shaw Catherine

Published by Allison & Busby, London, 2004

About this Item

The authors debut novel, signed "Catherine Shaw January 31, 2004 This morning, for the first time, I felt a breath of springtime in the air." to the title page. Cambridge, 1888. Miss Vanessa Duncan is a young schoolmistress recently arrived from the countryside and living in small but comfortable lodgings. The peaceful atmosphere is shattered when a Fellow of Mathematics is found dead in his rooms from a violent blow to the head. Her neighbour, Mr Weatherburn, had dined with the victim that night and tells her that he had been working on an unsolved puzzle first set by Sir Isaac Newton, the 'n-body problem', for which the King of Sweden has offered a prestigious prize. As Vanessa's relationship with Mr. Weatherburn blossoms another mathematician is murdered in the same fashion and he is thrown into jail. Convinced of his innocence she sets about trying to prove her case. But when a third mathematician dies, and the evidence starts to stack up, it is a race against time to unravel the threads and prove her theory correct. Seller Inventory # 002240

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Three Body Problem : A Cambridge Mystery...

Publisher: Allison & Busby, London

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Mint

Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. Not price clipped

Signed: Signed, First Lined & Publication Dated

Edition: First Edition/First Printing.

Book Type: Book