A Bitter Remedy
The Oxford Mysteries, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Ffion Aynsley
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Iestyn Arwel
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By:
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Alis Hawkins
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Jesus College, Oxford, 1881. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings. When the young man’s guardian blames the college for his death and threatens a scandal, Basil Rice, a Jesus College fellow with a secret to hide, is forced to act and finds himself drawn into Sidney Parker’s sad life.
The mystery soon attracts the attention of Rhiannon ‘Non’ Vaughan, a young Welsh polymath and one of the young women newly admitted to university lectures. But when neither the college principal nor the powerful ladies behind Oxford’s new female halls will allow her to become involved, Non’s fierce intelligence and determination to prove herself drive her on.
Both misfits at the university, Non and Basil form an unlikely partnership, and it soon falls to them to investigate the mysterious circumstances of Parker’s death. But between corporate malfeasance and snake-oil salesmen, they soon find the dreaming spires of Oxford are not quite what they seem …
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- The Curator
- 17-10-24
Good characters, interesting plot
Good solid historical crime. Thoroughly enjoyable. Victorian men proving themselves as big arses as I always assume.
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- Sian Child
- 24-08-24
The perfect mix of history and story
Having already enjoyed the Teifi Valley Coroner series I had high expectations of this new series, and this book didn't disappoint. With historical fiction it can be tricky for writers to not get too bogged down in history as to make it feel like a lecture, or too focused on the story and make it sensationalism rather than enjoyable. This manages the balance right. You end up considering social injustices of the time whilst also investing in the characters and the drama of the plot.
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- vic
- 08-09-24
Excellent, excellent
First time listening to stories by this author and I love her style, themes, spinning out of a good mystery. Good to remember that the privileges I enjoy as a woman today were not always a given - how hard some people had to fight for acceptance and what they wanted.
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