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A review by swathi_narasimhan
Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin
4.0
After reading The Hollow Man by Jon Dickson Carr, my love for good murder mysteries just upsurged.
I had to pick up a book which wont let me down. The title of this book intrigued me and the "dedication" page said "To the Carr Club". And that's my motivation for starting off with the brilliant Dr Gervase Fen. Somehow, this name sounded very close to Dr Gideon Fell (Carr's luminous detective).
The mystery occurs at a Castrevenford School, where two professors ( Okay! They are called masters in the book) end up dead, a student goes missing and a lost Shakespearean Manuscript, Love's Labour's Won is accidentally found. Dr Gervase Fen, arrives at the school as the guest of honour for speech day and is pledged to solve the case as soon as possible.
The book is definitely worth reading for its language, detailing and narrative and of course, the mystery part of it will definitely leave the reader content.
I had to pick up a book which wont let me down. The title of this book intrigued me and the "dedication" page said "To the Carr Club". And that's my motivation for starting off with the brilliant Dr Gervase Fen. Somehow, this name sounded very close to Dr Gideon Fell (Carr's luminous detective).
The mystery occurs at a Castrevenford School, where two professors ( Okay! They are called masters in the book) end up dead, a student goes missing and a lost Shakespearean Manuscript, Love's Labour's Won is accidentally found. Dr Gervase Fen, arrives at the school as the guest of honour for speech day and is pledged to solve the case as soon as possible.
The book is definitely worth reading for its language, detailing and narrative and of course, the mystery part of it will definitely leave the reader content.