Love Lies Bleeding by Crispin Edmund
Castrevenford school is preparing for Speech Day and Professor Gervase Fen is called upon to present the prizes. However, the night before the big day strange events take place that leave two members of staff dead. The Headmaster turns to Professor Fen to investigate the murders. While disentangling the facts of the case, Mr Fen is forced to deal with student love affairs, a kidnapping and a lost Shakespearean manuscript. By turns hilarious and chilling, Love Lies Bleeding is a classic of the detective genre.
A distinguished piece of detective fiction, constructed with real intelligence Daily Mail A master of the whodunit..he combines a flawless plot, witty dialogue, and a touch of hilarity New York Times Master of fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek mystery novels, a blend of John Dickson Carr, Michael Innes, M.R. James, and the Marx Brothers -- Anthony Boucher Never has Mr Crispin been in such good form Observer All his work had a high-spiritedness rare and welcome in the crime story -- Julian Symons
Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Bruce Montgomery, an English crime writer and composer. He graduated from St John's College, Oxford, in 1943, with a BA in modern languages, having for two years been its organist and choirmaster. From 1943 to 1945 he taught at Shrewsbury School and in 1944 published the first of nine Gervase Fen novels, The Case of the Gilded Fly. He became a well respected reviewer of crime, writing for the Sunday Times from 1967 until his death in 1978. He also composed the music for many of the Carry On films. From the original editions: 'Edmund Crispin's recreations are swimming, excessive smoking, Shakespeare, the operas of Wagner and Strauss, idleness and cats. His antipathies are dogs, the French Film, the Renaissance of the British Film, psychoanalysis, the psychological-realistic crime story and the contemporary theatre.'
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099506218 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099506211 |
| Title | Love Lies Bleeding |
| Author | Crispin Edmund |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2007-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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