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A Piece of Justice: A Cosy Cambridge Mystery
Jill Paton Walsh
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Biography is usually a safe profession. Even rather sedate. But more than one biographer has found that writing about the late great mathematician Gideon Summerfield leads to a hasty retreat. Or something more deadly...
Imogen Quy, the coolly competent college nurse at St. Agatha's College, Cambridge, first notices the pattern when her enthusiastic lodger Fran becomes the latest Summerfield biographer. Before she realises how deadly the Summerfield secret is, Fran's life is in danger. And Imogen may be next...
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Praise for A Piece of Justice: A Cosy Cambridge Mystery
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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
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