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Fen Country

26 Stories (Classic Crime)
Pages
224
Published
1980
Language
English

Synopsis

This collection presents twenty-six posthumous detective stories by Edmund Crispin, primarily featuring his don-detective, Gervase Fen, and Inspector Humbleby. Each story is a taut puzzle, filled with ingenious clues and extraordinary tricks, from murder by letter to circular literary forgeries. Crispin's invention knows no bounds, offering a delightful series of bull's-eyes for fans of intricate and witty mysteries.

About the author

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Edmund Crispin

Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery (usually credited as Bruce Montgomery), an English crime writer and composer. Montgomery wrote nine detective novels and two collections of short stories under the pseudonym Edmund Crispin. Montgomery's output of music and fiction all but ceased after the 1950s, but he continued to write reviews of crime novels and science fiction works for The Sunday Times. Source: Wikipedia

Characters

Gervase FenProtagonist
Inspector HumblebySupporting
All characters in Fen Country