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Love Lies Bleeding

by Edmund Crispin · 1948

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Castrevenford school invites English professor and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen to present the prizes at Speech Day. However the night before, strange events leave two staff members dead. The Headmaster calls on Professor Fen to investigate.

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adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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