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When she is found shot dead in the college room of a young man who is infatuated with her, everyone is puzzled and worried; most of the actors have had a reason to get rid of the \u003ci\u003efemme fatale\u003c\/i\u003e and few have alibis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The police are at loss for answers and are ready to proclaim the incident as suicide, but Gervase Fen, an Oxford don and professor of literature, who thrives off solving mysteries, is ready to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Gilded Fly\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1944, is Edmund Crispin's debut novel and the first Gervase Fen Mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50350783463697,"sku":"CIN0380501872A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51253086388497,"sku":"GOR014208635","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51429853069585,"sku":"CIN0380501872VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0380501872.jpg?v=1751229212"},{"product_id":"holy-disorders-book-edmund-crispin-9780380515080","title":"Holy Disorders","description":"\u003cem\u003eHoly Disorders\u003c\/em\u003e takes Oxford don and part time detective Gervase Fen to the town of Tolnbridge, where he is happily bounding around with a butterfly net until the cathedral organist is murdered, giving Fen the chance to play sleuth. The man didn't have an enemy in the world, and even his music was inoffensive: could he have fallen foul of a nest of German spies or of the local coven of witches, ominously rumoured to have been practicing since the 17th century? Tracking down the answer pleases Fen immensely - only the reader will have a better time. Erudite, eccentric and entirely delightful - Before Morse, Oxford's murders were solved by Gervase Fen, the most unpredictable detective in classic crime fiction.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50760106574097,"sku":"CIN0380515083G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0380515083.jpg?v=1751039367"},{"product_id":"buried-for-pleasure-book-edmund-crispin-9781504092227","title":"Buried for Pleasure","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA sleuthing Oxford professor hunts a village blackmailer, in a novel by an author who \"combines a flawless plot, witty dialogue, and a touch of hilarity\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the sleepy English village of Sanford Angelorum, Oxford professor and amateur detective Gervase Fen is taking a break from his books to run for Parliament. At first glance, the village he's come to canvass appears perfectly peaceful, but Fen soon discovers that appearances can be deceiving: someone in the village has discovered a dark secret and is using it for blackmail. Anyone who comes close to uncovering the blackmailer's identity is swiftly dispatched.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As the joys of politics wear off, Fen sets his mind to the mystery--but finds himself caught up in a tangled tale of eccentric psychiatrists, escaped lunatics, beautiful women, and lost heirs . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"His books are full of high spirits and excellent jokes, with constant literary allusions . . . 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Nearly everyone involved has reason to loathe Shorthouse, but who amongst them has the fiendish ingenuity to kill him in his own locked dressing room?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the course of this entertaining adventure, eccentric Oxford professor and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen has to unravel two murders, cope with the unpredictability of the artistic temperament, and attempt to encourage the course of true love.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"One of the last exponents of the classical English detective story . . . elegant, literate, and funny.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Times of London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"[Crispin's] books are fast, fun and smart, their hero charming, frivolous, brilliant and badly behaved.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew Review\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51384833048849,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51384834326801,"sku":"NIN9781504091961","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1504091965.jpg?v=1776938511"},{"product_id":"holy-disorders-book-edmund-crispin-9781504092395","title":"Holy Disorders","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis 1945 classic British mystery from \"a master of the whodunnit . . . combines a flawless plot, witty dialogue and a touch of surreal hilarity\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On holiday in the town of Tolnbridge with his butterfly net in hand, Prof. Gervase Fen, Oxford don of English Literature, is all set for a good frolic when he learns that the cathedral organist has been murdered. 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As it turns out, the headmaster's selection of the part-time sleuth as a presenter is most fortuitous indeed. For the night before the big event, two of the school's staff members are murdered . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Of course, Fen is happy to do some investigating, if only to get more fodder for the crime novel he's writing. Between the kidnapping, the student romances, and the accidental discovery of a long-lost Shakespearian manuscript, the eccentric Oxford don certainly gets some food for thought. But that's all in a day's work for an amateur detective with a penchant for literary allusions and an uncanny knack for solving the unsolvable.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for the mysteries of Edmund Crispin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A marvellous comic sense.\" --P. D. 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