The Case of the Gilded Fly
By Edmund Crispin
Read by Philip Bird
The Gervase Fen Series: Book 1
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1 Format: CD
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$14.99
ISBN: 9781799736271
Yseut Haskell, a pretty but spiteful young actress with a talent for destroying men's lives, is found dead in a college room just metres from unconventional Oxford don Gervase Fen's office. The victim is found wearing an unusual ring, a reproduction of a piece in the British Museum featuring a gold gilded fly but does this shed any light on her murder? As they delve deeper into Yseut's unhappy life the police soon realise that anyone who knew her would have shot her, but can Fen discover who could have shot her?The Case of the Gilded Fly is the first Gervase Fen mystery and is the perfect introduction to this most idiosyncratic, eccentric and entertaining detective.
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Summary
Summary
Yseut Haskell, a pretty but spiteful young actress with a talent for destroying men's lives, is found dead in a college room just metres from unconventional Oxford don Gervase Fen's office. The victim is found wearing an unusual ring, a reproduction of a piece in the British Museum featuring a gold gilded fly but does this shed any light on her murder?
As they delve deeper into Yseut's unhappy life the police soon realise that anyone who knew her would have shot her, but can Fen discover who could have shot her?The Case of the Gilded Fly is the first Gervase Fen mystery and is the perfect introduction to this most idiosyncratic, eccentric and entertaining detective.
Author
Author Bio: Edmund Crispin
Edmund Crispin (1921–1978) was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery usually credited as Bruce Montgomery, an English crime writer and composer. He wrote nine detective novels and two collections of short stories under the pseudonym Edmund Crispin.
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| Available Formats : | CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Mystery & Detective |
| Runtime: | 7.41 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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