A Bitter Remedy - Crime Book (Paperback)

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Books Crime Books Amongst the scholars, secrets & soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow… Jesus College, Oxford, 1881. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings & the medical examination reveals some shocking findings. When the young man’s guardian blames the college for his death & threatens a scandal, Basil Rice, a Jesus College fellow with a secret to hide, is forced to act & finds himself drawn into Sidney Parker’s sad life. The mystery soon attracts the attention of Rhiannon ‘ Non’ Vaughan, a young Welsh polymath & one of the young women newly admitted to university lectures. But when neither the college principal nor the powerful ladies behind Oxford’s new female halls will allow her to become involved, Non’s fierce intelligence & determination to prove herself drive her on. Both misfits at the university, Non & Basil form an unlikely partnership, & it soon falls to them to investigate the mysterious circumstances of Parker’s death. But between corporate malfeasance & snake-oil salesmen, they soon find the dreaming spires of Oxford are not quite what they seem… Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781804364543 •†Author: Alis Hawkins •†Publisher:   Canelo •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 400 •†Dimensions:†12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm