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Synopsis
An engaging, atmospheric and stimulating novel, The Three-Body Problem is a cleverly realised debut novel from an exciting new talent.
Cambridge University, 1888. The world of Miss Vanessa Duncan, a young schoolmistress, is shattered when a Fellow of Mathematics, Mr Akers, is found dead with a violent blow to the back of his head. Discussing the murder, she learns of a competition set by the King of Sweden on the n-body problem , an as yet unsolved puzzle set by Sir Isaac Newton. It is thought that Akers had been working towards a solution to win the prestigious prize.
As the months pass and the murder is left unsolved, news breaks of the death of another mathematician, Mr Beddoes. Vanessa s new love, Arthur Weatherburn, becomes a prime suspect until yet another mathematician is murdered. Convinced of his innocence, Vanessa sets about trying to prove her case. As the evidence begins to stack up, it becomes a race against time to prove her theory.
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About the Author
Catherine Shaw is an academic. She has previously written three conundrum-packed mysteries featuring her heroine Vanessa Duncan.
Review
"In this debut set at 19th-century Cambridge University, mathematics becomes the unlikely catalyst for romance, murder, and intrigue, and Miss Vanessa Duncan, schoolmistress, must solve the "three-body problem" before it's too late." -- Library Journal
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