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Gervase Fen solves two "impossible" murders.
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Classic humorous English mystery
For whatever reason, I haven't been reading this series in order. But it doesn't seem to make much difference. While all are interesting, obviously some are better than others. I found this one very entertaining, perhaps one of the best in the series. While there is a clue offered early on that explains one murder, it's not easy to see. I just happened to think it odd it was mentioned at all and then remembered it while reading the rest of the book. But then you are diverted by the big murder.
There are two murders here, and at least one attempted murder. I double-dare you to figure out who murdered who until the end when Fen explains it.
There are two murders here, and at least one attempted murder. I double-dare you to figure out who murdered who until the end when Fen explains it.
Beautiful copy. This book was first printed in 1947, then 1975 and 1981. It is an interesting old time story. Gervase Fen has two corpses whose deaths seemed linked in a mysterious manner. The first was the remains of Edwin Shorthouse, the most feared, hated and uncooperative member of the cast. The second, a junior singer in the chorus and aspiring opera-composer, was a married man of just two days. The author Edmund Crispin was an interesting man a combined crime writer and a composer and a cat lover.
