The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen Mysteries) - Softcover

Crispin, Edmund

Softcover

ISBN 10: 009950622X ISBN 13: 9780099506225

Publisher: Vintage Books, 2007

Synopsis

One night, Richard Cadogan, poet and would-be bon-vivant, finds the body of an elderly woman in an Oxford toyshop, and is hit on the head. When he comes to, he finds that the toyshop has disappeared and been replaced with a grocery store. A quirky and appealing mystery for fans of classic crime.

About this title

About the Author:

Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Bruce Montgomery, an English crime writer and composer. He graduated from St John's College, Oxford, in 1943, with a BA in modern languages, having for two years been its organist and choirmaster. From 1943 to 1945 he taught at Shrewsbury School and in 1944 published the first of nine Gervase Fen novels, The Case of the Gilded Fly. He became a well respected reviewer of crime, writing for the Sunday Times from 1967 until his death in 1978. He also composed the music for many of the Carry On films. From the original editions: 'Edmund Crispin's recreations are swimming, excessive smoking, Shakespeare, the operas of Wagner and Strauss, idleness and cats. His antipathies are dogs, the French Film, the Renaissance of the British Film, psychoanalysis, the psychological-realistic crime story and the contemporary theatre.'

Review:

“A master of the whodunit — he combines a flawless plot, witty dialogue, and a touch of hilarity.”
–New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 009950622X
• ISBN 13: 9780099506225
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204