DISCOVER CLASSIC WHODUNITS FROM A GOLDEN AGE OF CRIME WRITING FEATURING OPERA-LOVING, PUZZLE-SOLVING CAMBRIDGE ACADEMIC DR DAVIE. ____________________ PRAISE FOR V.C. CLINTON-BADDELEY: ‘This shapely, civilised whodunit . . . for intelligence, humour, observation and unforced charm, Mr Clinton-Baddeley is splendid value .’ Sunday Times ‘A most promising debut . . . College setting described with loving care and plenty of humour .’ Observer ‘Admirable detective story. . . Fully recommended .’ Guardian ‘Mr Clinton-Baddeley’s first thriller is as likeable as his old-fashioned amateur detective .’ Times Literary Supplement ‘The pleasure lies in the literacy and intelligence of the narrative and of the dialogue .’ Tablet ‘Those whose tastes rise above beatings-up and nudes, please note. Oh! yes: and it's a very good detective story too.’ Francis Iles, Guardian ‘The most likeable of elderly don-detectives .’ Maurice Richardson, Observer ____________________ A CHARMING MURDER MYSTERY SET IN A CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE. Brilliant minds gather at St Nicholas’s College, Cambridge, for a conference. But the last thing they’re expecting is murder. Dr Brauer is three sentences into his lecture when his voice begins to falter. He sways and then suddenly collapses. Many of the scholars in attendance know far too much about poison. And it’s no coincidence when a poison-dart blowpipe is stolen from a nearby exhibition. His death is pronounced as being from a heart attack, but Dr Davie isn’t so sure . . . not after his revealing conversation with Brauer earlier that day. With plenty of suspects, our amateur sleuth Dr Davie will need all his wits about him to solve this mystery. Fans of Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Anthony Horowitz, Dorothy L. Sayers and Faith Martin will be charmed by this absorbing classic murder mystery. MEET OUR AMATEUR DETECTIVE The classic English story of detection makes a welcome comeback with the famous amateur sleuth Dr R.V. Davie, an opera-loving Cambridge academic with a penchant for solving puzzles and mysteries. To enter this world is like settling into a beautiful house, all discreet order and comfort. But when there’s murder and mystery abound, it is then that Dr Davie really comes to life. ALSO BY V.C. CLINTON-BADDELEY THE CAMBRIDGE CLASSIC MURDER MYSTERIES Book 1: DEATH’S BRIGHT DART Book 2: MY FOE OUTSTRETCH’D BENEATH THE TREE Book 3: ONLY A MATTER OF TIME Book 4: NO CASE FOR THE POLICE