Holy Disorders
Format:Paperback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Published:4th Jun '15
Should be back in stock very soon
The intriguing, suspenseful, gripping, dark, humorous and cosy cozy classic detective fiction novel adored by Golden Age crime and modern mystery fans alike
As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse – discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best.
As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse – discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best.
Holy Disorders takes Oxford don and part time detective Gervase Fen to the town of Tolnbridge, where he is happily bounding around with a butterfly net until the cathedral organist is murdered, giving Fen the chance to play sleuth. The man didn't have an enemy in the world, and even his music was inoffensive: could he have fallen foul of a nest of German spies or of the local coven of witches, ominously rumored to have been practicing since the 17th century?
"I very much enjoy Edmund Crispin, who's extremely frivolous, with a marvellous comic sense" (P.D. James)
"Fen at his very best" (New York Times Book Review)
"Holy Disorders, uncannily recreates the mood of an antiquarian ghost story" (Washington Post)
"A master of the whodunnit… he combines a flawless plot, witty dialogue, and a touch of hilarity" (New York Times)
"Beneath a formidable exterior he had unsuspected depths of frivolity" (Philip Larkin)
ISBN: 9780008124182
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 19mm
Weight: 200g
280 pages