“A master of the whodunit--he combines a flawless plot, witty dialogue, and a touch of hilarity” --New York Times --The New York Times
“One of the most literate mystery writers of the 20th century” --Boston Globe --The Boston Globe
“An absolute must for devotees of cultivated crime fiction” --Kirkus --Kirkus
Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Bruce Montgomery, an English crime writer and composer. He graduated from St John's College, Oxford, in 1943, with a BA in modern languages, having for two years been its organist and choirmaster. From 1943 to 1945 he taught at Shrewsbury School and in 1944 published the first of nine Gervase Fen novels, The Case of the Gilded Fly. He became a well respected reviewer of crime, writing for the Sunday Times from 1967 until his death in 1978.
