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The English School of Murder

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Can anyone British teach English as a foreign language? It's murder....

"Adroit, inspiring, and written with a rare lightness of touch,"

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—The London Times Literary Supplement

"Believable plotting, a memorable cast of characters, and three—count 'em—three beguiling sleuths in a warm, gently raunchy, crisp, and literate caper."

—Kirkus Reviews

"Amiss is bumblingly appealing and howlingly funny."

—The Chicago Sun Times

He's also a civil servant down on his luck and out of a job—and thus ripe for a post as a police spy at the Knightsbridge School. Robert's cover will be to teach English as a foreign language. His mission soon becomes, well, murder....

"Quirky, highly intelligent, and thoroughly entertaining...."

—The Washington Post Book World

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 200 pages

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