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Murder at Cambridge
Murder at Cambridge | Q. Patrick
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A student takes a crash course in murder in this mystery from the Edgar Awardwinning author who wrote the Peter Duluth series as Patrick Quentin. Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which make him one of the leading American fabricants of the murderous comedy of manners; but this surface smoothness conceals intricate and meticulous plot construction as faultless as that of Agatha Christie. As a young Yankee at an elite English learning institution, Hilary Fenton has managed to navigate the solemn traditions and bizarre rituals of the school without going completely batty. Yet his stoic exterior crumbles when he sees the girl of his dreams and is immediately besotted. Of course, thats when the trouble starts. After a fellow student begs him to mail an important letter for him, Hilary discovers the lad dead that night by apparent suicide. But something in his gut tells Hilary that it was murder. Worse, he thinks his dream girl might somehow be involved. Unable to let the incident goand eager to learn more about the mysterious girlHilary decides to meddle in the investigation. Then, yet another killing occurs, followed by an attempted poisoning of Hilarys would-be girlfriend. Someone is trying to cover up one killing with another. Now its up to Hilary to put the pieces of the puzzle together before his own education gets cut brutally short.
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rwmg
Murder at Cambridge | Q. Patrick
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Mehso-so

Hilary Fenton finds the student in the rooms next door dead, apparently from an accident while cleaning his gun.

The first chapter was funny but the condescending eye-dialect for Mrs Bigger and the author showing off his familiarity with university slang rapidly got tiresome - one more “sported oak“ and I would have screamed. The actual mystery was good but the romance with the Profile was very unconvincing.

bthegood I don't read about this author much - I read one of his books years ago as it was in a box of books bought at a library book sale - I enjoyed it 6mo
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rwmg
Murder at Cambridge | Q. Patrick
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Bookwomble That's a good tag 😊🌞❤️‍🩹🌞💖 6mo
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