Series by Edmund Crispin
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Buy on Amazon1944 · Edmund Crispin
In October 1940, at Oxford, playwright Robert Warner brings his troupe to rehearse his new play Metromania before its premiere at a repertory…
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Buy on Amazon1945 · Edmund Crispin
The investigation into the death of a cathedral organist, seemingly simple at first, draws Professor Gervase Fen, an idiosyncratic Oxford don and…
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Named by P.D. James as one of the best five mysteries of all time, this novel follows Richard Cadogan, at loose ends in Oxford late at night, who is…
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This is a detective novel featuring Gervase Fen, an Oxford professor and amateur sleuth. The story begins when an opera company gathers in Oxford for…
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Buy on Amazon1971 · Edmund Crispin
Castrevenford school prepares for Speech Day, and English professor and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen is asked to present the prizes. The night before,…
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In the village of Sanford Angelorum, Oxford professor and amateur detective Gervase Fen takes a break from academia to run for Parliament. The…
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Buy on Amazon1950 · Edmund Crispin
Written by Robert Bruce Montgomery under the name Edmund Crispin, this is the seventh novel featuring Oxford professor Gervase Fen. Fen visits a film…
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1951 · Edmund Crispin
The English town of Cotten Abbas is plagued by anonymous poisoned pen letters accusing recipients of crimes or moral breaches, at least one of which…
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In and around an English village, murder follows murder and corpse is piled upon corpse, and Fen once again finally sorts out the intricate puzzle,…
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Buy on Amazon1970 · Richard Lockridge
Professor Emeritus Walter Brinkley finds General Philip Armstrong's body in the back seat of his car after a university dinner, his head bashed in…
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Winifred and Orson Otis go swimming nude before dawn only to later discover the dead body of Winifred's uncle, followed by another corpse. Captain…
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Buy on Amazon1953 · Richard Lockridge
A beautiful blonde is dead when a handsome young Marine, just out of the service, meets her on a lane in Westchester County. She had a younger…
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Clayton Carter, a top reporter and head of IBC's news department, is killed when his personal television-monitoring gadget is tampered with.…
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Professor Walter Brinkley hosts a cocktail party for the newly-wed Craigs, unaware it will lead to murder in quiet Westchester County. When Caroline…
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Old Tom, a thin and shabby handyman known as the self-appointed gardener of Van Brunt, New York, collapses on the driveway of Captain Merton Heimrich…
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Inspector Merton Heimrich takes a rare vacation, a Mediterranean cruise, after his wife Susan contracts pneumonia. Among the passengers is Sir Ronald…
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Sam Jackson is run over twice in a country inn parking lot on an icy December night. Inspector M. L. Heimrich has a personal stake, as Jackson was a…
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Frequently asked questions
How many books has Edmund Crispin written?
We list 11 books by Edmund Crispin across 2 series, published between 1940–1977 — each shown in full reading order.
What order should I read Edmund Crispin's books?
Read each series in publication order. A good place to start is “The Case of the Gilded Fly.” Open any series above for its complete numbered reading order.
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