Fen Country (1979)

by Edmund Crispin

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Series: Gervase Fen (Short Stories)

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Dandelions, hearing aids, a blood-stained cat, a Leonardo drawing, a corpse with an alibi, and a truly poisonous letter... are just some of the unusual clues that Oxford don/detective Gervase Fen and his friend Inspector Humbleby are confronted with in this sparkling collection of short mystery stories by one of the great masters of detective fiction. Employing this skilful balance between ingenuity and humour, Crispin lays out all the clues so that the reader is given the opportunity to solve each crime by themselves before it is done so immaculately by the eccentric but immensely gifted Professor Fen. First-published post-humously in 1979, Fen Country is Edmund Crispin's second collection of short stories.… (more)

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An enjoyable set of short mystery stories, not all involving Gervase Fen (but he is in the majority of them). I believe that this completed my reading of Crispin; perhaps I shall revisit some of them in the near future :) (

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leslie.98 | May 16, 2017 |

A collection of 26 short stories published posthumously. His other short story collection, [Beware of the Trains], generally has the cream of his work in this area, but there are some good ones here as well, particularly the first, Who Killed Baker? (co-written with fellow composer Geoffrey Bush). Not all the stories feature Gervase Fen, despite the title. Oddly, one story (Shot in the Dark) is essentially a shortened version of another (Otherwhere) published in the earlier collection. (

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JonRob | Jul 24, 2008 |

Worth it for "The Pencil" alone, a great little story with the perfect twist at the end! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Edmund Crispin	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Panting, Paul	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Man Overboard [short story] by Edmund Crispin

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Dandelions, hearing aids, a blood-stained cat, a Leonardo drawing, a corpse with an alibi, and a truly poisonous letter... are just some of the unusual clues that Oxford don/detective Gervase Fen and his friend Inspector Humbleby are confronted with in this sparkling collection of short mystery stories by one of the great masters of detective fiction. Employing this skilful balance between ingenuity and humour, Crispin lays out all the clues so that the reader is given the opportunity to solve each crime by themselves before it is done so immaculately by the eccentric but immensely gifted Professor Fen. First-published post-humously in 1979, Fen Country is Edmund Crispin's second collection of short stories.

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