num_pages: 224
description: Dandelions and hearing aids, a bloodstained cat, a Leonardo drawing, a corpse with an alibi, a truly poisonous letter … just some of the unusual clues that Oxford don/detective Gervase Fen and his friend Inspector Humbleby are confronted with in this sparkling collection of short mystery stories by one of the great masters of detective fiction.Contents:•	Who Killed Baker?•	Death and Aunt Fancy•	The Hunchback Cat•	The Lion’s Tooth•	Gladstone’s Candlestick•	The Man Who Lost His Head•	The Two Sisters•	Outrage in Stepney•	A Country to Sell•	A Case in Camera•	Blood Sport•	The Pencil•	Windhover Cottage•	The House by the River•	After Evensong•	Death Behind Bars•	We Know You’re Busy Writing, But We Thought You Wouldn’t Mind If We Just Dropped in for a Minute•	Cash on Delivery•	Shot in the Dark•	The Mischief Done•	Merry-Go-Round•	Occupational Risk•	Dog in the Night-Time•	Man Overboard•	The Undraped Torso•	Wolf!
language: English
title: Fen Country
titlecomplete: Fen Country
characters: Gervase Fen
genres: Historical, Crime, Golden Age Mystery, Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story Collection, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 306
series: Gervase Fen
publisher: Penguin