My Foe Outstretch’d Beneath the Tree
by V C Clinton-Baddeley

A CHARMING MURDER MYSTERY YOU’RE SURE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH.

Morris Brent has it all: good looks, a beautiful mistress, and a membership at the exclusive Chesterfield Club in London.

Then one morning, fellow club-member and amateur sleuth Dr Davie stumbles across Brent lying face down beneath a tree in the well-kept, members-only garden. Beaten and suffocated.

It seems that someone thinks Brent had too much of a good thing . . .

Could Brent’s death be linked to a strange tape Davie receives from Miss Cragg, the head of the English department at St Martha’s?

Davie’s investigation leads him from the club to a women’s college and finally to the opening night at the opera where Davie is about to witness the performance of a lifetime . . .

Fans of Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Anthony Horowitz, Dorothy L. Sayers and Faith Martin will be charmed by this absorbing classic murder mystery.

MEET OUR AMATEUR DETECTIVE

The classic English story of detection makes a welcome comeback with the famous amateur sleuth Dr R.V. Davie, a Cambridge academic with a penchant for solving puzzles and mysteries. To enter this world is like settling into a beautiful house, all discreet order and comfort. But when there’s murder and mystery abound, it is then that Dr Davie really comes to life.

Genre: Crime and, or mystery fiction

Reviews

‘This shapely, civilised whodunit . . . for intelligence, humour, observation and unforced charm, Mr Clinton-Baddeley is splendid value.’ Sunday Times
‘A most promising debut . . . College setting described with loving care and plenty of humour.’ Observer
‘Admirable detective story. . . Fully recommended.’ Guardian
‘Mr Clinton-Baddeley’s first thriller is as likeable as his old-fashioned amateur detective.’ Times Literary Supplement
‘The pleasure lies in the literacy and intelligence of the narrative and of the dialogue.’ Tablet
‘Those whose tastes rise above beatings-up and nudes, please note. Oh! yes: and it's a very good detective story too.’ Francis Iles, Guardian
‘The most likeable of elderly don-detectives.’ Maurice Richardson, Observer

V C Clinton-Baddeley

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