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The classic crime thrillers of Edmund Crispin are quite unlike any others in their constantly digressing good humour, their smart puzzle-setting and their strong-skewed sense of what is right and fair. In Buried for Pleasure, his don-detective Gervase Fenn comes to the out-of-way village of Sanford Angelorum to stand in a Parliamentary by-election; he has just finished a major piece of academic work and needs diversion. Almost at once, he recognises another guest in the hotel as an incognito police inspector from London, learns of a local woman poisoned by her blackmailer and then Inspector Bussy is killed, seemingly stabbed in the throat by an escaped lunatic. Not especially enjoying the by-election, Fenn takes a hand in the investigation and finds himself caught up with dotty psychiatrists, ecclesiastical poltergeists, lost heirs and a small and unappealing pig. As Jonathan Gash points out in his introduction, it would be a mistake to regard this as merely cosy or merely a romp; the Crispin novels showed what could be done to the detective novel with a bit of style. Fenn is a fascinating detective because we get to know so much of the over-stocked interior of his highly intelligent head. --Roz Kaveney Read More

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    In the sleepy English village of Sanford Angelorum, Professor Gervase Fen is taking a break from his books to run for Parliament. At first glance, the village he's come to canvass appears perfectly peaceful. But Fen soon discovers that appearances can be deceptive: someone in the village has discovered a dark secret and is using it for blackmail.

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    Professor Gervase Fen is taking a break from his books while he runs for parliament. But all is not how it seems in the sleepy village of Sanford Anglorum, where Fen discovers someone in the village has discovered a dark secret and is using it for blackmail. As he becomes disillusioned with politics, Fen sets his mind to uncovering the mystery but soon finds himself caught up in a tangled web of eccentric psychiatrists, escaped lunatics, beautiful women and lost heirs. Buried for Pleasure is an eccentric crime novel full of mystery and humour, from the much-lauded Edmund Crispin.

  • 0099542129
  • 9780099542124
  • Edmund Crispin
  • 1 October 2009
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 176
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