検索キーワード： 著者 "Edmund Crispin" すべてのカテゴリー

La juguetería errante es un clásico de la novela de detectives inglesa, considerado unánimemente una de las cumbres indiscutibles del género.

Tras el éxito de La juguetería errante, vuelve el profesor de Oxford y detective aficionado Gervase Fen, para resolver otro extraño crimen a puerta cerrada. Cuando una encopetada compañía de ópera recala en Oxford para poner en marcha la primera producción posbélica de Los maestros cantores de Núremberg, de Wagner, la felicidad que reina en el ambiente pronto quedará ensombrecida por la aparición del odioso y molesto tenor Edwin Shorthouse.

El quisquilloso profesor y detective aficionado Gervase Fen ha abandonado durante el verano su amada Universidad de Oxford para acudir al pueblo costero de Tolnbridge, donde planea pasar tranquilamente sus vacaciones. Va armado con una red para insectos, ya que piensa dedicarse al arte de la entomología. Pero la calma y el sosiego duran poco. La villa está consternada por el misterioso asesinato del organista de la catedral. El músico en cuestión no tenía ningún enemigo conocido y su labor en la iglesia era inofensiva, así que la policía no es capaz de dar con un sospechoso.

La escuela Castrevenford está inmersa en los preparativos para celebrar el fin de curso, y el excéntrico profesor de Oxford y detective aficionado Gervase Fen (al que ya conocimos en La juguetería errante y El canto del cisne), liberado de sus obligaciones laborales, ha sido convocado a entregar los premios a los discursos más brillantes.

Hastiado de la aburrida vida universitaria, el excéntrico profesor y detective amateur Gervase Fen (La juguetería errante y Asesinato en la catedral) decide tomarse un descanso y trasladarse al remoto pueblo de Sanford Angelorum, en plena campiña inglesa, para presentarse como candidato al Parlamento. A primera vista, la aldea parece un lugar tranquilo, pero, fiel a su instinto, Fen no tarda en descubrir que, una vez más, las apariencias engañan, y se sumerge en una oscura trama de chantaje que derivará en un misterioso asesinato.

When a decapitated head is seen floating down the river in the Devon village of Aller, the rural calm is shattered. Soon the corpses are multiplying, and the entire community is involved in the hunt for the murderer. Whilst many chase false trails, it is left to Gervase Fen, Oxford don and amateur criminologist, to uncover the sordid truth...

Who burglarised the train heading for Victoria Station, and whatever became of its conductor? Did the village idiot or Mrs Foley murder the mean-spirited Edgar Foley, or could the constable be responsible for the devious deed? Who on Earth will be able to untangle the affair of the disappearing car, the black necktie, and the abortive theft? Enter Gervase Fen, Oxford professor and sometime super-sleuth, an expert at solving cases that baffle even the most astute policemen. These sixteen short classics by a master of the modern detective story will test your crime solving abilities as well

Long inhabited by a collection of profoundly offbeat locals, there has been a recent influx of the newly rich and well to do arriving in the village of Cotten Abbas…and not everyone is happy about it. New arrivals are receiving anonymous letters that know a little too much about dark secrets and dirty laundry. Gervase Fen is summoned to the scene, but soon finds more than he bargained for. A suicide on Friday, a murder by Sunday, and some villagers that seem hell bent on keeping this mystery unsolved.

When young actress Gloria Scott throws herself from Waterloo Bridge, the news sends shockwaves through her film studio. Luckily Gervase Fen is in London to investigate. But when someone acts fast to cover up any evidence – removing all signs of Ms Scott’s identity from her apartment and poisoning a suspicious cameraman – the truth is hard to find.

Dandelions and hearing aids, a bloodstained cat, a Leonardo drawing, a corpse with an alibi, a truly poisonous letter … just some of the unusual clues that Oxford don/detective Gervase Fen and his friend Inspector Humbleby are confronted with in this sparkling collection of short mystery stories by one of the great masters of detective fiction.

A collection of short stories from Edmund Crispin featuring his beloved amateur detective, Gervase Fen. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best.

A pretty but spiteful young actress with a talent for destroying men's lives is found dead in a college room just yards from the office of the unconventional Oxford don Gervase Fen. Anyone who knew the girl would gladly have shot her, but can Fen discover who did shoot her and why?