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La juguetería errante es un clásico de la novela de detectives inglesa, considerado unánimemente una de las cumbres indiscutibles del género.

El quisquilloso profesor y detective aficionado Gervase Fen ha abandonado durante el verano su amada Universidad de Oxford para acudir al pueblo costero de Tolnbridge, donde planea pasar tranquilamente sus vacaciones. Va armado con una red para insectos, ya que piensa dedicarse al arte de la entomología. Pero la calma y el sosiego duran poco. La villa está consternada por el misterioso asesinato del organista de la catedral. El músico en cuestión no tenía ningún enemigo conocido y su labor en la iglesia era inofensiva, así que la policía no es capaz de dar con un sospechoso.

Tras el éxito de La juguetería errante, vuelve el profesor de Oxford y detective aficionado Gervase Fen, para resolver otro extraño crimen a puerta cerrada. Cuando una encopetada compañía de ópera recala en Oxford para poner en marcha la primera producción posbélica de Los maestros cantores de Núremberg, de Wagner, la felicidad que reina en el ambiente pronto quedará ensombrecida por la aparición del odioso y molesto tenor Edwin Shorthouse.

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 13 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Gervase Fen novella by Edmund Crispin that has never previously been published. With the Golden Age of detective fiction shining ever more brightly thanks to the recent reappearance of many forgotten crime novels, Bodies from the Library offers a rare opportunity to read lost stories from the first half of the twentieth century by some of the genre’s most accomplished writers.

La escuela Castrevenford está inmersa en los preparativos para celebrar el fin de curso, y el excéntrico profesor de Oxford y detective aficionado Gervase Fen (al que ya conocimos en La juguetería errante y El canto del cisne), liberado de sus obligaciones laborales, ha sido convocado a entregar los premios a los discursos más brillantes.

Hastiado de la aburrida vida universitaria, el excéntrico profesor y detective amateur Gervase Fen (La juguetería errante y Asesinato en la catedral) decide tomarse un descanso y trasladarse al remoto pueblo de Sanford Angelorum, en plena campiña inglesa, para presentarse como candidato al Parlamento. A primera vista, la aldea parece un lugar tranquilo, pero, fiel a su instinto, Fen no tarda en descubrir que, una vez más, las apariencias engañan, y se sumerge en una oscura trama de chantaje que derivará en un misterioso asesinato.

A struggling writer battles constant interruptions during his day, until a final visit from unexpected guests pushes him to his breaking point. A tongue-in-cheek nod to Edmund Crispin’s own troubles as a writer, this short story is both an ironic commentary on what it means to ‘work for yourself’ and arguably one of Crispin’s most personal pieces of crime fiction.

Detective Inspector Humbleby explains to series-favourite Gervase Fen why the police like blackmail cases when relaying the story of two American brothers, Saul and Harry Colonna, and their boating fun that ended in disaster.

Here for the first time are three never-before-published mysteries by Edmund Crispin, Ngaio Marsh and Leo Bruce. Together with a newly unearthed short story by Ethel Lina White that inspired Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes, and a complete short novel by Christianna Brand, this diverse mix of tales by some of the world’s most popular classic crime writers contains something for everyone.

In the sleepy English village of Sanford Angelorum, professor and amateur detective Gervase Fen is taking a break from his books to run for Parliament. At first glance, the village he's come to canvass appears perfectly peaceful, but Fen soon discovers that appearances can be deceptive: someone in the village has discovered a dark secret and is using it for blackmail. Anyone who comes close to uncovering the blackmailer's identity is swiftly dispatched.

When an opera company gathers in Oxford for the first postwar production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger its happiness is soon soured by the discovery that the unpleasant Edwin Shorthouse will be singing a leading role. Nearly everyone involved has reason to loathe Shorthouse, but who amongst them has the fiendish ingenuity to kill him in his own locked dressing room? Eccentric Oxford don and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen has to unravel two murders, cope with the unpredictability of the artistic temperament and attempt to encourage the course of true love.

A pretty but spiteful young actress with a talent for destroying men's lives is found dead in a college room just yards from the office of the unconventional Oxford don Gervase Fen. Anyone who knew the girl would gladly have shot her, but can Fen discover who did shoot her and why?

I en sen nattetime finder digteren Cadogan ved et tilfaelde liget af en gammel dame i en legetøjsbutik i Oxford. Naeste morgen er legetøjsbutikken forsvundet, og der ligger en købmandsbutik i stedet. Ingen - ikke engang politiet - virker spor overraskede. Heldigvis er Cadogan ven med Gervase Fen, som er professor i engelsk sprog og litteratur ved universitetet i Oxford og en yderst staedig og skarpsindig amatørdetektiv. Fen vil med glaede efterforske en forbrydelse, der tilsyneladende ikke findes.

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. Richard Cadogan, poet and would-be bon vivant, arrives for what he thinks will be a relaxing holiday in the city of dreaming spires. Late one night, however, he discovers the dead body of an elderly woman lying in a toyshop and is coshed on the head. When he comes to, he finds that the toyshop has disappeared and been replaced with a grocery store.

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.

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. Castrevenford school is preparing for Speech Day, and English professor and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen is called upon to present the prizes. However, the night before the big day, strange events take place that leave two members of staff dead. The headmaster turns to Professor Fen to investigate the murders.

"Dolly könntest Du kurz einmal einen Selbstmord begehen?" Im Winter 1940 verschlägt es den Theaterregisseur Robert Warner für die Premiere seines neuesten Stücks nach Oxford. Gemeinsam mit einem bunt zusammengewürfelten Haufen rund um die provokante Schauspielerin Yseut Haskell, reist er für die Proben an. In der Truppe ist sie mehr als unbeliebt und sorgt für Unruhe in der ebenso verschworenen wie zerstrittenen Gemeinschaft. Kurz darauf wird sie erschossen in einem hermetisch verschlossenen Raum aufgefunden.

England in den 40er Jahren. Englischprofessor und Teilzeitdetektiv Gervase Fen verbringt gerade seine Ferien in dem kleinen Städtchen Tolnbridge, als es mit der Erholung schlagartig ein Ende hat. Auf den örtlichen Organisten wurde ein Mordanschlag verübt. Der Mann hat weder Feinde, noch kann seine völlig harmlose Musik der Auslöser gewesen sein. Als Ersatz für den Organisten beordert Fen einen befreundeten Musiker in die Provinz, den prompt ein Drohbrief erreicht. Eins ist klar, hinter der kleinstädtischen Idylle verbirgt Tolnbridge ein Geheimnis. Bald machen Gerüchte die Runde.

When young actress Gloria Scott throws herself from Waterloo Bridge, the news sends shockwaves through her film studio. Luckily Gervase Fen is in London to investigate. But when someone acts fast to cover up any evidence – removing all signs of Ms Scott’s identity from her apartment and poisoning a suspicious cameraman – the truth is hard to find.

Die Einwohner des kleinen englischen Ortes Cotton Abbas haben ein Problem: Immer mehr Neureiche zieht es in das florierende Dörfchen - und das gefällt bei Weitem nicht jedem. Bald nach ihrer Ankunft erhalten die Neuankömmlinge anonyme Briefe, prall gefüllt mit dunklen Geheimnissen und dreckiger Wäsche. Unter den Einwohnern wachsen Hass und Niedertracht. Anonyme Nachrichten sind eine Sache, doch bald schon stören noch ernsthaftere Ereignisse den Frieden in Cotton Abbas: ein Mord, ein Selbstmord und ein mysteriöses Verschwinden.