Dr. Davie turns detective when a conference at Cambridge College turns deadly after a lethal blowpipe is stolen from a local exhibition and it appears nearly everyone at the conference knows a lot about nasty poisons
Dr. R.V. Davie Serie
Questa serie segue le attività accademiche del Dr. R.V. Davie, uno studioso affiliato al St. Nicholas College di Cambridge. Le narrazioni si addentrano in enigmi intellettuali e nelle sottili trame che si trovano nei venerabili corridoi dell'accademia. I lettori apprezzeranno le trame ponderate e uno sguardo acuto sulla vita universitaria.
Ordine di lettura consigliato
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My Foe Outstretch'd Beneath the Tree
- 192pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
The hall porter was not in a position to see. Nor was he likely to remember if anyone was absent in that direction longer than usual. Besides why would anyone be absent longer than usual?The Classic English story of detection makes a welcome comeback with the famous detective Dr R.V. Davie. To enter this world is like settling into a beautiful house, all discreet order and comfort. But a walk outside in the lovely maze might disclose a body, done to death mysteriously and brutally. It is then that Dr. Davie really comes to life. Originally published in 1967
- 3
Only a Matter of Time
- 263pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
Kings Lacey, like many an English country town, has a festival. As an opera lover Dr Davie would hate to miss it. Nearby at Bexminster Electronics, secrets are leaking to Japanese rivals. When two bodies are found savagely chopped down Dr Davie begins his scholarly investigations.
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An aging man with a restless young wife. An antique collector with a sinister new acquisition. A married couple with part-time lovers. There was definitely more than met the eye in the tranquil town of Tidwell St. Peter's. But Dr. Davie, the distinguished profesor with a penchant for puzzles, would find more than impropriety when he probed beneath the respectable facade. he would discover that one of its residents was a clever driminal who had gotten away with murder...and was perfectly prepared to try again!
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Dr Davie has always had a passion for commedia dell'arte;and when a London drama school mounts a new production, he delightedly puts in an appearance. The performance goes with a swing until the curtain calls, when mysteriously, the actor playing Pantaloon fails to come on for his bow. Originally Published in 1972
