Volume 2 of Edmund Crispin’s Gervase Fen novels, collected together for the first time.SWAN SONG
When an opera company gathers in Oxford for the first post-war production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger its happiness is soon soured by the discovery that the unpleasant Edwin Shorthouse will be singing a leading role. Nearly everyone involved has reason to loathe Shorthouse but who amongst them has the fiendish ingenuity to kill him in his own locked dressing room?LOVE LIES BLEEDING
Castrevenford school is preparing for Speech Day and English professor and amateur sleuth 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…BURIED FOR PLEASURE
In the sleepy English village of Sanford Angelorum, professor and amateur detective Gervase Fen is taking a break from his books to run for Parliament. At first glance, the village he's come to canvass appears perfectly peaceful, but Fen soon discovers that appearances can be deceptive: someone in the village has discovered a dark secret and is using it for blackmail. Anyone who comes close to uncovering the blackmailer's identity is swiftly dispatched…
- ISBN13 9780008530730
- Publish Date 1 December 2028
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Collins Crime Club
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 600
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk