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Love Lies Bleeding (Gervase Fen, #5)

Edmund Crispin

Start date: January 15, 2023

Finish date: February 6, 2023

Discussion: Buddy reads

Why we're reading this: Continuing our series of Edmund Crispin buddy reads
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Mar 25, 2023 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: edmund-crispin

Another wonderful story. Murder, Shakespeare manuscript, a school prize giving and Professor Fen thrown into the mix. My favourite character was Merrythought the elderly determined dog. The story is set after the Second World War at a school near Stratford on Avon.

I guessed the wrong murderer. There are clues which one of which I thought was a red herring. I feel my detecting abilities are on a par with Inspector Clouseau.

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Jan 10, 2023 Jill rated it really liked it

Shelves: edmund-crispin

Professor Fen seems to have had a personality change in this book. He is not anywhere near as bad mannered as the previous books. In fact he is vey patient with some of the characters. He still likes to keep his ideas and suspicions to himself, and still continues to keep reminding the reader, he knows
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In this case, which takes place at a boys school where Fen has been asked to give prizes at it's annual prize giving day, two teachers are murdered, and just before this a young girl from ...more

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Apr 23, 2013 Leslie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries

Very enjoyable entry in the Gervase Fen series. I like books in school settings, and this one doesn't disappoint! Fen (and Crispin) are in fine form, the humor is present and the solution, while clear once Fen expostulates, was a surprise to me. ...more

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