'A jewel in the traditional English detective mode . . . Ms. Morse has arrived' Observer According to certain Cambridge scholars, the locked library of St Agatha's College is home to an unrivalled - and deeply uninteresting - collection of seventeenth century volumes. It also contains one dead student. At first glance it seems like a tragic accident - even if malicious rumours suggest that Philip Skellow had been stealing books rather than acquiring knowledge when he'd slipped, banged his head, and bled to death overnight. Only Imogen Quy, the college nurse, has her doubts. And before long, another student is found, drowned in an ornamental fountain . . . A jewel in the traditional English detective mode . . . Ms. Morse has arrived ― Observer Imogen Quy positively sparkles on the page as an amateur sleuth― Sunday Express Paton Walsh plots deftly and writes intelligently ― Independent In Imogen Quy, the author has created an admirable detective heroine , as unabashed as she is unaffected― Times LIterary Supplement An entertaining and stimulating crime novel ― Manchester Evening News Jill Paton Walsh, born in 1937, is also the author of many non-crime novels for adults: the fourth of these, Knowledge of Angels, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Before writing for adults she made a career as a writer of children's books and has won many literary prizes. New Mint Condition Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon Guaranteed packaging No quibbles returns