Published by the Folio Society, London, 2016.
 
The book is in excellent condition, with quarter-bound cover boards in blocked buckram  printed with a design by the artist. Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations. Printed endpapers with with evocative illustrations by A. Richard Allen throughout including frontispiece.
 
A witty crime caper from the author of The Moving Toyshop. When the scheduled speaker is unavailable, the headmaster of Castrevenford School invites English professor and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen to present the prizes on Speech Day. However, when a series of strange events culminates in the murder of two members of staff, Fen finds himself picking his way through a web of lies and misdirection, with what appears to be a long-lost Shakespeare play at its heart. Featuring a cast of fantastical characters, including highly strung teachers, plucky schoolgirls and a homicidal bloodhound called Mr Merrythought, this Gervase Fen mystery is golden age crime at its wittiest.