In the years leading up to the First World War, Theodore Fletcher achieves a lifetime's ambition and is elected to the Wardenship of St Mary's College. But it isn't long before he discovers that he was a compromise candidate and, in reality, is despised by his fellows. Me begins to see his life as an uneventful and trivial succession of failures. What he doesn't suspect is that this is soon to change in a most alarming and regrettable way. 'A plot of extraordinary delicacy, pathos, and irony. It is rare indeed to find a tale, so ruthless in its probing of shame and grief, at the same time so sure in its grasp of significance and beauty.' Observer 'A novel of uncommon qualities. Miss Cannan has sympathy and insight, she can hit hard, she can be witty, she has a fine gift of phrase.' SpectatorUsed to set table width because AUI is overriding the width attribute of the tables coming in description

High Table

Cannan, Joanna

Oxford Univ. Press

"Literate and amusing, with exceptionally believable characters." ― The New Yorker.A free-spirited widow travels to the Riviera, where she meets a lord, accepts his proposal of marriage, and returns with him to England. Bunny, now the wife of Sir Charles d'Estray, is mistress of a vast estate that's fallen into decline. To rescue the property from bankruptcy, Bunny introduces the successful but distasteful measure of accepting paying guests.In this atmosphere of deeply resented change, a poisonous plant has become the bitter brew of murder. And as a quarrelsome cast of d'Estrays, their servants and guests, and the mystified local police wander through a maze of mutual suspicion, Bunny finds herself not only the chief suspect but also a prime candidate for murder."Told with a devastating detachment which is equally brutal toward the English gentry, its middle-class emulators, and upstart cockney detectives." ― The New York Times.

The Taste of Murder (Dover Mystery Classics)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Dover Pubns

"Literate and amusing, with exceptionally believable characters." ― The New Yorker. A free-spirited widow travels to the Riviera, where she meets a lord, accepts his proposal of marriage, and returns with him to England. Bunny, now the wife of Sir Charles d'Estray, is mistress of a vast estate that's fallen into decline. To rescue the property from bankruptcy, Bunny introduces the successful but distasteful measure of accepting paying guests. In this atmosphere of deeply resented change, a poisonous plant has become the bitter brew of murder. And as a quarrelsome cast of d'Estrays, their servants and guests, and the mystified local police wander through a maze of mutual suspicion, Bunny finds herself not only the chief suspect but also a prime candidate for murder. "Told with a devastating detachment which is equally brutal toward the English gentry, its middle-class emulators, and upstart cockney detectives." ― The New York Times.

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Dover `

In the prospectus for the Aston Park Guest House and stables, murder was not mentioned. But when murder arrives it becomes a full-time occupation. One of the guests is found dead in bed one morning and suspicion is concentrated on the household alone. All are suspects - Sir Charles d'Estray, the aristocratic owner, his lively young wife and her adolescent French daughter, the hard-riding guests and even the more staid ones...

Murder Included (LIN) (Linford Mystery Library)

Contemporary

Linford Mystery

When a woman is found battered to death in a small village near the sea, Detective Inspector Savory is pleased to accept the assistance of Detective Superintendent Price of Scotland Yard, who is on holiday in the area. The dead woman, a refugee, has always kept herself to herself - but why was she murdered? Then a relative of another local resident is washed up dead on the beach - not drowned, but shot - and the two policemen have a real mystery on their hands...

All Is Discovered (LIN) (Linford Mystery Library)

When famous climber Francis Worthington discovers the body of a man floating in a mountain pool in the Lake District, he goes on to finish his climb before reporting it. After the local police have examined the body, they realise they have a case of murder on their hands and call in Detective Inspector Price of Scotland Yard. Price is convinced that Worthington has something to hide, especially when he refuses to supply an alibi...

Body In The Beck (LIN)

Young Inspector Northeast falls under the spell of an unconventional older woman novelist who is the chief suspect in a village murder. "The Dog" of the title is a pub, which is modeled after the pub in Oxfordshire frequented by the author during the Second World War. Set in the late fall of 1939 during the first anxious months of World War II, this is a fine example of the classic English detective novel. It marked the second and final appearance for Northeast. First published in 1941.

Death at the Dog

Schantz, Enid

Rue Morgue

They Rang Up the Police

Beautifully restored and complete with gorgeous charcoal illustrations, this classic story will delight any pony-mad little girl. When her family fall on hard times, Jean and her family (including their dog Shadow) must move to the country. Not to worry though, as it seems they're going to live in a lovely little cottage, and Jean is assured she can have chickens. And perhaps even a new puppy. . . Jean has never been to the country before, and is fairly sure she isn't going to like it. But she soon learns that the country is full of fun and adventures, and much more exciting than boring old London. Sadly her newly-discovered cousins are a bit haughty though, as well as pony-mad, and Jean wishes she could join in. But then a wonderful opportunity to do so arrives in the form of a pony named "The Toastrack" (so-called due to his poor ribs sticking out so much) and Jean is told she can have him! The cousins are mean, and say a knacker's horse like that won't ever come to anything, but Jean and the quickly-renamed Cavalier know they can prove them wrong. Gymkhana glory is only a few jumps away!

A Pony for Jean

Children's Books

Animals

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High Table

The Taste of Murder (Dover Mystery Classics)

The Taste of Murder (Dover Mystery Classics)

Murder Included (LIN) (Linford Mystery Library)

All Is Discovered (LIN) (Linford Mystery Library)

Body In The Beck (LIN)

Death at the Dog

They Rang Up the Police

A Pony for Jean

Murder Included (A D.I. Price Mystery)