The Oxford Murders by Guillermo Martinez - ISBN: 9780349117232
Paperback
Coded symbols link murders; can a mathematician unlock the deadly pattern?

The Oxford Murders

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    27 April 2006

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Summary

On a balmy summer’s day in Oxford an old lady who once helped decipher the Enigma Code is killed. After receiving a cryptic anonymous note containing only the address and the symbol of a circle, Arthur Seldom, a leading mathematician, arrives to find the body.

Then follow more murders - an elderly man on a life-support machine is found dead with needle marks in his throat; the percussionist of an orchestra at a concert at Blenheim Palace dies before the audience’s very eyes - seemingl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349117232
ISBN-10:0349117233
Author:Guillermo Martinez
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:27 April 2006
Weight:150g
Dimensions:200mm x 129mm x 14mm
Series:Abacus
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Unusual blend of murder most foul and mathematics most pure … a playful intellectual exercise

‘An enthralling conflict between the heart and the mind’. - OBSERVER

Unusual blend of murder most foul and mathematics most pure … a playful intellectual exercise - DAILY MAIL

An intellectual thriller that can be much enjoyed even by those whose grasp of mathematics is limited - THE TIMES

If you like your detective stories gore-free, with a strong crossword-solving element, this is for you - THE TIMES

‘The plot rattles along … pausing occasionally to fill the reader in with a bit of necessary theoretical background’. - LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS

About The Author

Guillermo Martinez

Guillermo Martinez was born in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, in 1962. Since 1985 he has lived in Buenos Aires, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematical Science. He has written several highly acclaimed novels and books of short stories. The Oxford Murders, which was awarded the prestigious Planeta prize, is the first of his works to be published in English.

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