Fen Country

Dandelions and hearing aids, a bloodstained cat, a Leonardo drawing, a corpse with an alibi, a truly poisonous letter … just some of the unusual clues that Oxford don/detective Gervase Fen and his friend Inspector Humbleby are confronted with in this sparkling collection of short mystery stories by one of the great masters of detective fiction.

Contents: • Who Killed Baker? • Death and Aunt Fancy • The Hunchback Cat • The Lion's Tooth • Gladstone's Candlestick • The Man Who Lost His Head • The Two Sisters • Outrage in Stepney • A Country to Sell • A Case in Camera • Blood Sport • The Pencil • Windhover Cottage • The House by the River • After Evensong • Death Behind Bars • We Know You're Busy Writing, But We Thought You Wouldn't Mind If We Just Dropped in for a Minute • Cash on Delivery • Shot in the Dark • The Mischief Done • Merry-Go-Round • Occupational Risk • Dog in the Night-Time • Man Overboard • The Undraped Torso • Wolf!