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The Late Scholar: A Gripping Oxford College Murder Mystery

English

By (author): Jill Paton Walsh

'Cleverly plotted . . . Walsh's pitch-perfect re-creation of the charismatic leads is a delight' - Publishers Weekly
'Delicious' - Booklist

Lord Peter Wimsey is delighted to discover that along with a dukedom he has inherited the duties of 'visitor' at an Oxford college. When the fellows ask him to resolve a college dispute, he and Harriet are all too keen to spend some time in Oxford.

But the dispute quickly turns sour. The voting is evenly balanced between two passionate parties, and the Warden - who has the casting vote - has mysteriously disappeared. Even worse, several of the fellows begin dying unexpectedly.

And the deaths of the deceased fellows bear an uncanny resemblance to the murders in Peter's past cases - murders that Harriet has used in her published novels . . .

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Product Details
  • Weight: 276g
  • Dimensions: 131 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Jun 2014
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781444760873

About Jill Paton Walsh

Born in 1937 Jill Paton Walsh was an award-winning British novelist and children's writer. Her adult novels include Knowledge of Angels which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize and the Imogen Quy Mysteries. She also completed Dorothy L. Sayers's unfinished Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane series.In 1996 she received the CBE for services to literature. She died in 2020.

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