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.
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...
The Long Divorce by Edmund Crispin is a top pick among traditional thrillers, weaving a tale of historical intrigue that keeps readers on their toes. The best of its genre, it delves into the dark secrets and dirty laundry of the newly rich in Cotten Abbas, leaving no stone unturned.
For fans of Margery Allingham (More Work for the Undertaker), Dorothy L. Sayers (Striding Folly), Josephine Tey (The Daughter of Time), Ethel Lina White (PUT OUT THE LIGHT), and Jill Paton Walsh (The Late Scholar).
HarperCollins 2023
