Title: Love Lies Bleeding
First published: 1971
Description: From Agora Books: "
Castrevenford 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.

While disentangling the facts of the case, Mr Fen is forced to deal with student love affairs, a kidnapping and a lost Shakespearean manuscript. By turns hilarious and chilling, Love Lies Bleeding is a classic of the detective genre.

Erudite, eccentric and entirely delightful - Before Morse, Oxford's murders were solved by Gervase Fen, the most unpredictable detective in classic crime fiction."
Subjects: Gervase Fen (Fictitious character), College teachers, Fiction, English teachers, Fiction in English, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fen, gervase (fictitious character), fiction, College teachers, fiction, England, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Fiction, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, cozy, animals, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Fiction, mystery & detective, amateur sleuth
Places: Oxford (England), England
People: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)