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Violence
Barely any
Two murders at a school sports day; classic, offstage treatment
Language
Barely any
Witty literary prose throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief school-world romantic subplot
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The multiple-mystery structure and stolen Shakespeare manuscript provide delightful intellectual tension
What this book is about
Gervase Fen attends the annual sports day at Castrevenford School as a prize-giver, and before the afternoon is over, two people have been murdered and a priceless Shakespeare manuscript has gone missing. Crispin handles multiple simultaneous mysteries with characteristic wit and literary panache in what many readers consider the finest of the Gervase Fen series.
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