Gervase Fen: Love Lies Bleeding : Gervase Fen #5 (Paperback)

from abbottthomas

It's a long time since I read any of Crispin's books and I had forgotten his donnish detective, Gervase Fen. I enjoyed reading my yellow-wrapped Cheap Edition with a gentle whiff of damp and crisp browning paper - much better than a paperback, even a green Penguin. The story is set in a boarding ...

from overthemoon

Crispin writes in an ostentatiously pompous style with a rich vocabulary that often sends me to the dictionary, and with an overwhelming number of similes - all to jocular effect (I hope it is done on purpose). As to the plot, Gervaise Fen, invited to a prize-giving at a boys' school not far from...

from RubyScarlett

I LOVED this. It starts a little slow - the setting (a school) is really interesting for it offers a lot of different locations and characters to work with. The plot is excellent and the motive is incredible - I hadn't read anything about the book prior to my reading and I would absolutely discou...

from JeffreyMarks

Gervase Fen visits a school for a lecture and finds 3 murders and a kidnapping in less than 24 hours! Though not as wild as some of his earlier works, there's lots of fun to be had and I laughed out loud several times while reading it. Highly recommended it.

from francesanngray

A bit too silly for my taste, I think.