The Wyndham Case: A Locked Room Murder Mystery set in Cambridge by Jill Paton Wa

The Nile on eBay   The Wyndham Case by Jill Paton Walsh

Booker-shortlisted author Jill Paton Walsh introduces us to Imogen Quy, a Cambridge college nurse - and detective.

FORMATPaperback CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

The locked library of St Agatha's College, Cambridge houses an unrivalled, and according to certain scholars, deeply uninteresting collection of seventeenth century volumes.It also contains one dead student.Tragic and accidental, of course, even if malicious gossip hints that Philip Skellow had been engaged in stealing books rather than acquiring knowledge when he'd slipped, banged his head, and bled to death overnight.Only Imogen Quy, the college nurse, has her doubts - until another student is found, drowned in an ornamental fountain...

Notes

Reissue.

Flap

The locked library of St Agatha's College, Cambridge houses an unrivalled collection of seventeenth-century volumes. And one dead student . . . Tragic and accidental of course, even if malicious gossip hints that Philip Skelly was stealing books rather than reading them when he slipped, banged his head and bled to death overnight. Only the college nurse, Imogen Quy, has her doubts: after all, her name rhymes with 'why'. And no one takes much notice until the second dead student appears in the college fountain. 'In Imogen Quy the author has created an admirable detective heroine.' The Times Literary Supplement Have you read the other Imogen Quy novels? The Bad Quarto , Debts of Dishonour and A Piece of Justice are all Hodder paperbacks. Fiction: Crime Hodder ISBN 978 0 340 83920 1

Author Biography

Jill Paton Walsh, born in 1937, is also the author of many non-crime novels for adults: the fourth of these, Knowledge of Angels, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Before writing for adults she made a career as a writer of children's books and has won many literary prizes.

Review

A jewel in the traditional English detective mode... Ms. Morse has arrived - ObserverImogen Quy positively sparkles on the page as an amateur sleuth. - Sunday ExpressIn Imogen Quy, the author has created an admirable detective heroine, as unabashed as she is unaffected. - Times Literary SupplementPaton Walsh plots deftly and writes intelligently . . . Sayers' many fans will be delighted. - Andrew Taylor, IndependentJill Paton Walsh demonstrates that the traditional ingredients of the woman sleuth, the academic background and a clever puzzle are still capable of being arranged into an entertaining and stimulating crime novel. - Manchester Evening News

Promotional

Booker shortlisted author Jill Paton Walsh introduces us to popular detective Imogen Quy

Long Description

The locked library of St Agatha's College, Cambridge houses an unrivalled, and according to certain scholars, deeply uninteresting collection of seventeenth century volumes.It also contains one dead student.Tragic and accidental, of course, even if malicious gossip hints that Philip Skellow had been engaged in stealing books rather than acquiring knowledge when he'd slipped, banged his head, and bled to death overnight.Only Imogen Quy, the college nurse, has her doubts - until another student is found, drowned in an ornamental fountain...

Review Quote

Paton Walsh plots deftly and writes intelligently . . . Sayers' many fans will be delighted.-- Andrew Taylor, Independent

Promotional "Headline"

Booker-shortlisted author Jill Paton Walsh introduces us to Imogen Quy, a Cambridge college nurse - and detective.

Details ISBN034083949X Author Jill Paton Walsh Pages 224 Year 2006 ISBN-10 034083949X ISBN-13 9780340839492 Format Paperback Imprint Hodder Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Birth 1937 Media Book Illustrations None Publication Date 2006-09-21 Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Series Imogen Quy Mysteries UK Release Date 2006-09-21 Subtitle A Locked Room Murder Mystery set in Cambridge Audience General NZ Release Date 2006-10-11 AU Release Date 2006-10-11 We've got this

At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love!

TheNile_Item_ID:2772127;