Debts of Dishonour
A Riveting Mystery set in Cambridge
$33.65
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
7 December 2006
Summary
Hoping to attract a generous endowment, St Agatha’s College, Cambridge, invites fabulously wealthy Sir Julius Farran to dine. The evening is a disaster for everyone but Imogen Quy: Farran asks her to come and work for him.
She declines, but when Farran dies, suddenly and shockingly, she has to look into it. His death left a large hole in his company accounts that could mean financial ruin for St Agatha’s. To save her college, Imogen starts to cast her cool eye over the financier’s hei…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340839201 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340839201 |
| Author: | Jill Paton Walsh |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 7 December 2006 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Imogen Quy Mysteries |
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Critics Review
Paton Walsh plots deftly and writes intelligently … Sayers’ many fans will be delighted.– Andrew Taylor, Independent
An entertaining read - Sunday Times
A jewel in the traditional English detective mode… Ms. Morse has arrived - ObserverImogen Quy positively sparkles on the page as an amateur sleuth. - Sunday ExpressIn Imogen Quy, the author has created an admirable detective heroine, as unabashed as she is unaffected. - Times Literary SupplementPaton Walsh plots deftly and writes intelligently … Sayers’ many fans will be delighted. - Andrew Taylor, IndependentJill Paton Walsh demonstrates that the traditional ingredients of the woman sleuth, the academic background and a clever puzzle are still capable of being arranged into an entertaining and stimulating crime novel. - Manchester Evening NewsAbout The Author
Jill Paton Walsh
Jill Paton Walsh, born in 1937, is also the author of many non-crime novels for adults: the fourth of these, Knowledge of Angels, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Before writing for adults she made a career as a writer of children’s books and has won many literary prizes.
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