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Holy Disorders
Holy Disorders | Edmund Crispin
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A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. Holy Disorders takes Oxford don and part time detective Gervase Fen to the town of Tolnbridge, where he is happily bounding around with a butterfly net until the cathedral organist is murdered, giving Fen the chance to play sleuth. The man didn't have an enemy in the world, and even his music was inoffensive: could he have fallen foul of a nest of German spies or of the local coven of witches, ominously rumored to have been practicing since the 17th century? Tracking down the answer pleases Fen immensely - only the reader will have a better time. Erudite, eccentric and entirely delightful Before Morse, Oxfords murders were solved by Gervase Fen, the most unpredictable detective in classic crime fiction.
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SayersLover
Holy Disorders | Edmund Crispin
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“‘The fact is that by profession I‘m a psychoanalyst—quite a successful one, I suppose; successful certainly as far as money goes. The amount of money,‘ he said confidentially, ‘which some people will pay for information which they could get from three hours‘ intelligent reading in any public library…‘” As a librarian myself I can‘t help but chuckle at how true this is, especially when it comes to information. 😄

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Mehso-so

Honestly I don‘t even know what to make of this. It‘s such a strange book. I think it‘s not bad, but it‘s hard to follow and needlessly complicated. And there‘s not that much Fen all in all.

CarolynM Not much Fen wold be very disappointing ☹️ 4y
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batsy
Holy Disorders | Edmund Crispin
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This is a mystery set in a fictional #smalltown in England. It's witty and quirky and delightful and has a bit of everything: organists, German spies, ghosts, witch trials, tombstones, and cathedrals. I'm a scaredy cat so my threshold is pretty low but I think it also fits #supernaturalmysteries as several scenes had a tinge of ghostliness and left me quite creeped out at night. #rockinmay #maybookflowers
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Cinfhen Sounds like a good mashup of genres 😍 8y
MayJasper Love your pic 8y
batsy @Mayjasper Thank you! 8y
batsy @Cinfhen It's really a delight to read :) 8y
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