All is not well at Cambridge University's St. Ethelreda's College. The head of the English Department is dead, and Professor Cassandra James is appointed the task of running the department. Faced with the choice of whipping her underperforming colleagues into shape or losing the much-needed funding for the program, Cassandra resigns herself to the challenge. However, when she stumbles upon the former head's private papers and realizes that the death was no accident, Cassandra is forced to use her academic expertise of solving obscure literary puzzles for a very different purpose: tracking down a killer. British Praise for Murder is Academic: "Cambridge academic Christine Poulson's first crime novel is a triumph of suspense and intrigue. A labyrinthine plot is unravelled as intriguingly as a literary puzzle." - Bodies in the Bookshop Magazine "An intriguing read...Poulson certainly keeps the reader guessing...There is a lot to enjoy in this romp through the Cambridge commons. This is Poulson's first novel, and she creates a strong sense of place with a narrative style that is both energetic and engaging." - Sherlock Magazine "A fascinating mystery..The sense of place was very strong...This is [Poulson's] debut book, and I just hope that the next one is not too long coming." - Mystery Women

Murder Is Academic: A Cambridge Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Poulson, Christine

Mystery

Minotaur Books

All is not well at Cambridge University's St. Ethelreda's College. The head of the English Department is dead, and Professor Cassandra James is appointed the task of running the department. Faced with the choice of whipping her underperforming colleagues into shape or losing the much-needed funding for the program, Cassandra resigns herself to the challenge. However, when she stumbles upon the former head's private papers and realizes that the death was no accident, Cassandra is forced to use her academic expertise of solving obscure literary puzzles for a very different purpose: tracking down a killer.

Stage Fright: A Cambridge Mystery

During maternity leave Cassandra decides to join the theater and soon discovers that there is as much drama off stage as on. The director is desperate to revive his career and a documentary film maker is eager to start his, but when the lead of the play disappears, Cassandra suspects that it is more than just stage fright.

Stage Fright

Robert Hale, Ltd.

Relying on the many thorough studies of the subject that have appeared over the past decade, Poulson concentrates on areas where she feels there is more to say, specifically the political, religious, scientific, and social forces that shaped the response by Victorian and Edwardian artists to the Arthurian legends. She explores such themes as the queen's robing room frescos, the Idylls of the King , the Grail and the occult, the beguiling of Merlin, Tristram and Isoud, the women of the Idylls , the Lady of Shalott, and the death of Arthur. The illustrations are monochrome. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Quest for the Grail: Arthurian Legend in British Art 1840-1920

Arts & Photography

Drawing

Manchester Univ Pr

This comprehensive account of Arthurian in British art in the 19th century offers fresh insights into the significance of the legends. Wide-ranging, both historically and thematically, it moves from Dyce's Arthurian frescoes in the Houses of Parliament in the 1840s to the use of Galahad in First World War memorial imagery. Based on substantial primary research, Poulson relates the visual treatments of the legend both to literature and music and to historical and social developments, such as the rise of nationalism, racial stereotypes, religious and scientific controversy, and debates about women's roles, rights and sexuality. The book also relates images of the dying Arthur to 19th century millennialism and scientific predictions of the death of the sun and the end of life on earth.

Profiles Morris' life, his friendships, and his contacts with socialism, and discusses his work and achievements in architecture, painting, textiles, wallpapers, poetry, and furniture

William Morris

Biographies & Memoirs

Book Sales

William Morris (A Quantum Book)

History & Criticism

Shooting Star Press, Inc.

A cure for obesity, worth billions. A death in a clinical trial. When patent lawyer Daniel Marchmont agrees to act for Calliope Biotech, he doesn't know what he's getting into. The first lawyer on the case is dead, and a vital lab book is missing. Daniel and his wife Rachel are hoping biotechnology will also provide a cure for their daughter Chloe, who suffers from a devastating genetic disorder. Then the unimaginable happens, and they face a moral dilemma that threatens everything. Meanwhile young researcher Katie Flanagan suspects something is very wrong in the lab. But knowledge is dangerous when someone is playing a perilous game

Deep Water

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Lion Fiction

Midwinter in Antarctica. Six months of darkness are about to begin. Scientist Katie Flanagan has an undeserved reputation as a trouble-maker and her career has foundered. When an accident creates an opening on a remote Antarctic research base she seizes it, flying in on the last plane before the subzero temperatures make it impossible to leave. Meanwhile patent lawyer Daniel Marchmont has been asked to undertake due diligence on a breakthrough cancer cure. But the key scientist is strangely elusive and Daniel uncovers a dark secret that leads to Antarctica. Out on the ice a storm is gathering. As the crew lock down the station they discover a body and realise that they are trapped with a killer. . .

Cold, Cold Heart: Snowbound with a stone-cold killer

The atmosphere in the lab is toxic. It is only a matter of time before there is a flu pandemic with the potential to kill billions. Or so wealthy entrepreneur Lyle Lynstrum believes. That is why he is funding research into transgenics - the mechanism by which viruses can jump the species barrier - at a high security lab on a tidal island off the North Devon coast. A suspiciously rapid turnover of staff has him worried. He sends in scientist Katie Flanagan as an undercover lab technician. Something is clearly very wrong, but before Katie can get to the bottom of what is going on, a colleague is struck down by a mysterious illness. Has the safety of the facility been compromised, allowing a deadly virus to escape? Katie begins to suspect that the scientists are as deadly as the diseases - and that her cover has been blown. Then the island is cut off by high seas and a terrifying game of cat-and-mouse begins...

An Air That Kills: How long can you hold your breath?

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Murder Is Academic: A Cambridge Mystery

Stage Fright: A Cambridge Mystery

Stage Fright

The Quest for the Grail: Arthurian Legend in British Art 1840-1920

The Quest for the Grail: Arthurian Legend in British Art 1840-1920

William Morris

William Morris (A Quantum Book)

Deep Water

Cold, Cold Heart: Snowbound with a stone-cold killer

An Air That Kills: How long can you hold your breath?