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The Glimpses of the Moon

By: Edmund Crispin
Narrated by: Paul Panting
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As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse – discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best.

When a decapitated head is seen floating down the river in the Devon village of Aller, the rural calm is shattered. Soon the corpses are multiplying, and the entire community is involved in the hunt for the murderer.

Whilst many chase false trails, it is left to Gervase Fen, Oxford don and amateur criminologist, to uncover the sordid truth…

©2023 Edmund Crispin (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Village Witty Suspense

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‘Both the mature and the discerning young choose to pick up one of Crispin's beautifully turned crime novels’
The Times

‘Crispin isn't in it for the mystery, but for the enigmas’ Guardian

‘His books are full of high spirits and excellent jokes, with constant literary allusions and an atmosphere of bibulous good humour. But at times the mood turns darker, and Crispin is capable of passages of both genuine suspense and ingenius deduction’
Daily Telegraph

‘Crispin is noted for an ability to embellish clever story lines with Marx Brothers touches’
New York Times

‘Rightly elevated to classic status’
New York Sun

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Marvellous Writing

Superb - writing, characterisation, dialogue, plot all wonderful. The best Gervase Fen novel and one of my all time favourite books; never get tired of reading or listening to it. The narration was good too.

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