Frequent Hearses
by edmund crispin | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0802754570 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0802754570 Global Overview for this book
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Edmund Crispin(Robert Montgomery) wrote a seriesof novels featuring Gervase Fen, amateur detective extrodinaire, whose full-time job was teaching classical literature to students at Oxford. Gervase always has the time to to be a "consultant" to the police force when murders occur. This time it is the murder of a series of individuals who had wronged a young lady to the point where she kills herself. In the process of solving the case, alolng with the classical-minded police chief, aptly named Humbleby, the reader is introduced to various eccengtric characters, very well-defined. Gervase makes classical allusions throughojut the novel, which are a delight. The book iks at once funny,literate, but also a mujrdr mystery. You will not guess the villain. TGhe book has a surprising ending, which you won't see coming. Mr. Crispin is similar to Agatha Christie in that he doesn't "pull any rabbits out of the hat"; the clues are there and if you can recognise them you'll solve he mystery. But, as with Ms. Christie you won't. This is a delightful book, which has as its 'set', so to speak the filming of a movie about Alexander Pope, of all people. Anyone knowledgeable about the life of Pope will see that the hilarity begins right there. A wonderful relief from the grisly novels of the likes of Patterson, P.D. James, and their elk. A good book to read in the country, outside under a fragrant tree, Finally,did you know that mazez aren't that difficult to get out of? Read this wonderful novel and you'll find out why.
Edmund Crispin(Robert Montgomery) wrote a seriesof novels featuring Gervase Fen, amateur detective extrodinaire, whose full-time job was teaching classical literature to students at Oxford. Gervase always has the time to to be a "consultant" to the police force when murders occur. This time it is the murder of a series of individuals who had wronged a young lady to the point where she kills herself. In the process of solving the case, alolng with the classical-minded police chief, aptly named Humbleby, the reader is introduced to various eccengtric characters, very well-defined. Gervase makes classical allusions throughojut the novel, which are a delight. The book iks at once funny,literate, but also a mujrdr mystery. You will not guess the villain. TGhe book has a surprising ending, which you won't see coming. Mr. Crispin is similar to Agatha Christie in that he doesn't "pull any rabbits out of the hat"; the clues are there and if you can recognise them you'll solve he mystery. But, as with Ms. Christie you won't. This is a delightful book, which has as its 'set', so to speak the filming of a movie about Alexander Pope, of all people. Anyone knowledgeable about the life of Pope will see that the hilarity begins right there. A wonderful relief from the grisly novels of the likes of Patterson, P.D. James, and their elk. A good book to read in the country, outside under a fragrant tree, Finally,did you know that mazez aren't that difficult to get out of? Read this wonderful novel and you'll find out why.