THE COMPLETE GERVASE FEN VOLUME 2 - Swan Song, Love Lies Bleeding, Buried for Pleasure

Volume 2 of Edmund Crispin-s Gervase Fen novels, collected together for the first time.SWAN SONGWhen an opera company gathers in Oxford for the first post-war production of Wagner''s Die Meistersinger its happiness is soon soured by the discovery that the unpleasant Edwin Shorthouse will be singing a leading role. Nearly everyone involved has reason to loathe Shorthouse but who amongst them has the fiendish ingenuity to kill him in his own locked dressing room?LOVE LIES BLEEDINGCastrevenford school is preparing for Speech Day and English professor and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen is called upon to present the prizes. However, the night before the big day, strange events take place that leave two members of staff dead. The Headmaster turns to Professor Fen to investigate the murders-BURIED FOR PLEASUREIn the sleepy English village of Sanford Angelorum, professor and amateur detective Gervase Fen is taking a break from his books to run for Parliament. At first glance, the village he''s com