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The Bad Quarto

A Gripping Cambridge Murder Mystery

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Imogen Quy returns to solve another intriguing Cambridge mystery in the latest in an exciting series to rival Inspector Morse.

Another foolhardy Cambridge college-climber has died attempting Harding's Folly. This time it's John Talentire, one of the brightest young dons at St Agatha's, and the verdict is accident, compounded by idiocy.

But Imogen Quy - her name rhymes with 'why' - can't help wondering how such a clever young man died so stupidly. And when a wildly eccentric production of Hamlet is interrupted by a murder accusation, Imogen has to look into it, uncovering more crime than she expected.

©2019 Jill Paton Walsh (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Crime Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Mystery Fiction Murder
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I enjoyed this novel much more than I had expected . The reviews were very mixed.

Good ending to this series

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Lovely evocation of Cambridge life with a clever and capable lead character in Imogen . Listen to JPW’s Lord Peter Wimsey novels when you’ve finished this series .

A gem

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This was really not up to the standards of the previous Quy books. Pedestrian story.

Rather dull

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I have loved all Jill Paton Walsh books including her Peter Whimsys. But this one!
The story line was weak and there were parts especially discussing cot deaths/baby shaking syndrome that went on far too long and you lost the will to listen. It was disjointed and lacked a clear conclusion. It was poor and at times boreing
I was very disappointed

Dreadful

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This was not the most compelling story of the series and disappointingly edited, with some duplicate passages.

The descriptions of Cambridge

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