| The Incredible Crime: A Cambridge Mystery Contributor(s): Austen-Leigh, Lois (Author) |
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ISBN: 1464207461 ISBN-13: 9781464207464 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: British Library Crime Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KIRSTEN T. SAXON Prince's College, Cambridge, is a peaceful and scholarly community, enlivened by Prudence Pinsent, the Master's daughter. Spirited, beautiful, and thoroughly unconventional, Prudence is a remarkable young woman. One fine morning she sets out for Suffolk to join her cousin Lord Wellende for a few days' hunting. On the way Prudence encounters Captain Studde of the coastguard - who is pursuing a quarry of his own. Studde is on the trail of a drug smuggling ring that connects Wellende Hall with the cloistered world of Cambridge. It falls to Prudence to unravel the identity of the smugglers - who may be forced to kill, to protect their secret. This witty and entertaining crime novel has not been republished since the 1930s. This new edition includes an introduction by Kirsten T. Saxton, professor of English at Mills College, California. |
Contributor Bio(s): Austen-Leigh, Lois: - LOIS AUSTEN-LEIGH was the author of four mystery novels published in the 1930s, which have been out of print for over 70 years until the publication of this new edition. Austen-Leigh was the great-great niece of Jane Austen. Saxton, Kirsten T.: - Kirsten Saxton is a professor of English at Mills College in Oakland, CA, and a visiting fellow at Lucy Cavendish College in Cambridge. |