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Beware of the Trains by Edmund Crispin (2018, Trade Paperback)

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1448217466
ISBN-13
9781448217465
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16038368933

Product Key Features

Book Title
Beware of the Trains
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Historical, Mystery & Detective / Cozy, General, Mystery & Detective / General
Genre
Fiction
Author
Edmund Crispin
Book Series
The Gervase Fen Mysteries Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
4.6 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
6 in

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Reviews
"Witty and stylishly told anecdotes, just the kind one might hear in a commons room at Oxford." -- The Washington Post
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
823/.912
Synopsis
How acute are your powers of perception? Do they begin to match those of Gervase Fen, Oxford don and sleuth supreme? First published in 1953, Beware of the Trains is a collection of sixteen short mysteries. Fen must link a missing train conductor to the murder of a thief, decipher cryptograms to solve the death of a cipher expert and puzzle out a locked-room mystery on Boxing Day.Erudite and complex, these Gervase Fen cases are classic crime at its finest: plot, atmosphere and anecdote, bound together by Edmund Crispin's inimitable wit and charm., How acute are your powers of perception? Do they begin to match those of Gervase Fen, Oxford don and sleuth supreme? First published in 1953, Beware of the Trains is a collection of sixteen short mysteries. Fen must link a missing train conductor to the murder of a thief, decipher cryptograms to solve the death of a cipher expert and puzzle out a locked-room mystery on Boxing Day. Erudite and complex, these Gervase Fen cases are classic crime at its finest: plot, atmosphere and anecdote, bound together by Edmund Crispin's inimitable wit and charm.
LC Classification Number
PR6025.O46

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by leeholfelder04 Aug, 2020
Great short story collection.
Enjoyed this short story collection. I would be happy to hire out as proof reader as there were a number of significant typographical errors throughout.
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