{"product_id":"love-lies-bleeding-9781504092401","title":"Love Lies Bleeding","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a British mystery author known as \"the master of the whodunnit,\" an amateur detective delights in solving murders at an English boys' school.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Prof. Gervase Fen of Oxford University is honored to award the prizes at the Speech Day ceremonies at Castrevenford High School. As it turns out, the headmaster's selection of the part-time sleuth as a presenter is most fortuitous indeed. For the night before the big event, two of the school's staff members are murdered . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Of course, Fen is happy to do some investigating, if only to get more fodder for the crime novel he's writing. Between the kidnapping, the student romances, and the accidental discovery of a long-lost Shakespearian manuscript, the eccentric Oxford don certainly gets some food for thought. But that's all in a day's work for an amateur detective with a penchant for literary allusions and an uncanny knack for solving the unsolvable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the mysteries of Edmund Crispin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A marvellous comic sense.\" --P. D. James, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Inspector Adam Dalgliesh series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Master of fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek mystery novels, a blend of John Dickson Carr, Michael Innes, M.R. James, and the Marx Brothers.\" --Anthony Boucher, author of the Fergus O'Breen series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An absolute must for devotees of cultivated crime fiction.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the most literate mystery writers of the twentieth century.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Beneath a formidable exterior he had unsuspected depths of frivolity.\" --Philip Larkin, poet and author of \u003ci\u003eA Girl in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the last exponents of the classical English detective story.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruce Montgomery, better known by his pen name Edmund Crispin, was an English crime writer and composer. He attended St. John's College at Oxford and later became a teacher at Shrewsbury School. While at Shrewsbury, he wrote nine novels and multiple short stories, and also became a widely respected reviewer for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Montgomery was also very musically inclined, composing scores for more than thirty films, including the \u003ci\u003eCarry On\u003c\/i\u003e series. In the last year of his life, he published his final novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Glimpses of the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media Mystery \u0026 Thri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50489588678930,"sku":"9781504092401","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0f114f18-bb5f-4f4f-a0dc-e9dfb0ed6aae.jpg?v=1730502502","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-lies-bleeding-9781504092401","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}