Problem of the Surly Servant
Bok av Roberta Rogow
At Oxford, a rash of crime puts Dodgson under suspicion of murder The world of academia is hardly a hotbed of crime. And although scholars at the University of Oxford may debate the assassination of Caesar or the execution of Socrates, a modern criminal has no place within the school's walls. And yet, as the reverend Charles Dodgson is horrified to learn, there is a thief within the college of Christ Church. The wine cellar has been ransacked, the faculty has been robbed, and afemale student is being threatened by a blackmailer.It falls to Dodgsonbetter known as Lewis Carrollto unmask the thief with the help of his dear friend Arthur Conan Doyle. The campus crimes quickly escalate until the university's hallowed halls are stained with blood. When suspicion of murder falls at Dodgson's feet, it is up to Doyle to clear his friend's namewith the brilliance and style befitting the man who created Sherlock Holmes.