The Oxford Murders
$24.18
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2006
Summary
On a balmy summer’s day in Oxford an old lady who once helped decipher the Enigma Code is killed. After receiving a cryptic anonymous note containing only the address and the symbol of a circle, Arthur Seldom, a leading mathematician, arrives to find the body.
Then follow more murders - an elderly man on a life-support machine is found dead with needle marks in his throat; the percussionist of an orchestra at a concert at Blenheim Palace dies before the audience’s very eyes - seemingl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349117232 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349117233 |
| Author: | Guillermo Martinez |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2006 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 129mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Abacus |
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Unusual blend of murder most foul and mathematics most pure … a playful intellectual exercise
‘An enthralling conflict between the heart and the mind’. - OBSERVER
Unusual blend of murder most foul and mathematics most pure … a playful intellectual exercise - DAILY MAILAn intellectual thriller that can be much enjoyed even by those whose grasp of mathematics is limited - THE TIMESIf you like your detective stories gore-free, with a strong crossword-solving element, this is for you - THE TIMES‘The plot rattles along … pausing occasionally to fill the reader in with a bit of necessary theoretical background’. - LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKSAbout The Author
Guillermo Martinez
Guillermo Martinez was born in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, in 1962. Since 1985 he has lived in Buenos Aires, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematical Science. He has written several highly acclaimed novels and books of short stories. The Oxford Murders, which was awarded the prestigious Planeta prize, is the first of his works to be published in English.
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