This is a well-written book about British academia. But the academics are boring, selfish, and some are just plain nasty while being isolated in their jealous protection of their reputations. I couldn't care about any of them. And yet, when the author writes in the characters of a quirky couple who help put some of the puzzle together, I got caught up in their story. So, I will try the author again. She writes well. I just hope she likes the characters in her other books better.

One of the original as well as classic murder mysteries. Totally engrossing.

Again...I have now learned that I don't need to waste any more time with this author. Her writing is uninspired. There were no new insights into anything about the time period. Everything was predictable and rather stereotyped to fit the 21st century's mores. Character development was almost nil. The way we found out about a character was that the aouthor told us they were such and such, not by anything in the story telling. Predictable noble slave, evil slavedriver, confused hero. Blah! Blah! Blah!