The Bad Quarto: A Gripping Cambridge Murder Mystery

Jill Paton Walsh

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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery

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Hodder Paperbacks
- Paperback Nov 1, 2007 | 9780340839225 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Nov 1, 2007 | 9780340839225 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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- e-Book Mar 1, 2012 | 9781444718140 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Nov 1, 2007 | 9780340839225 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Aug 29, 2019 | 9781529361322 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Mar 1, 2012 | 9781444718140 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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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.

Praise for The Bad Quarto: A Gripping Cambridge Murder Mystery

Formidable talent . . . not so much Reservoir Dogs, more agony aunt with the mind of Morse. - Sunday Express (The Bad Quarto)
This is a satisfyingly convoluted tale, involving a family tragedy that took place many years before, as well as some ingenious sleuthing on the part of Imogen. In addition to this series, Paton Walsh has written two novels that continue Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey series and there is the same scholarly sensibility and elegant way with a plot twist to be found in the living author's work as there is in that of the doyenne of detective fiction. - Christina Koning, The Times
Jill Paton Walsh has created a Miss Marple for the 21st century. - Mirror
An entertaining read - Sunday Times
A jewel in the traditional English detective mode... Ms. Morse has arrived - Observer
Imogen Quy positively sparkles on the page as an amateur sleuth. - Sunday Express
In Imogen Quy, the author has created an admirable detective heroine, as unabashed as she is unaffected. - Times Literary Supplement
Paton Walsh plots deftly and writes intelligently . . . Sayers' many fans will be delighted. - Andrew Taylor, Independent

Jill Paton Walsh

Born in 1937, Jill Paton Walsh was an award-winning British novelist and children's writer. Her adult novels include Knowledge of Angels, which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize, and the Imogen Quy Mysteries. She also completed Dorothy L. Sayers's unfinished Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane series.

In 1996, she received the CBE for services to literature. She died in 2020.