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. DavieSerie
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
- 1
- 2
My Foe Outstretch'd Beneath the Tree
- 192pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
- 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.
- 4
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!
