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1	Lyra's Oxford more books like this by Philip Pullman (Performed by) This companion to Philip Pullman's popular His Dark Materials trilogy features a story about Lyra as well as such mysterious extras ("which might be connected with the story") as a map of Oxford, a brochure for the cruise ship S.S. ZENOBIA, and a postcard from Oxford written by the inventor of the amber spyglass. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	An Instance of the Fingerpost more books like this by Iain M Pears, M.D We are in Oxford in the 1660s - a time, and place, of great intellectual, scientific, religious and political ferment. Robert Grove, a fellow of New College is found dead in suspicious circumstances. A young woman is accused of his murder. We hear about the events surrounding his death from four witnesses: Marco da Cola, a Venetian Catholic intent ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Way Through the Woods more books like this by Colin Dexter On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse has decided to go without newspapers. But in the hotel he finds himself seated opposite a woman who is anxious to conceal her charms. She is intent only on reading her paper, and Morse cannot help but notice an intriguing headline on the front page. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Oxford Murders more books like this by Guillermo Martinez A serial killer obsessed with mathematical logic appears to be at work in this literary mystery. The fatal smothering of an elderly woman is accompanied by a note sent to famous mathematician Arthur Seldom, suggesting a link between the murder and Seldom's work exploring the similarities in serial killer behavior and mathematical series. Two other ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Jewel That Was Ours more books like this by Colin Dexter For Oxford, the arrival of twenty-seven American tourists is nothing out of the ordinary...until one of their number is found dead in Room 310 at the Randolph hotel. Then, two days later, a naked and battered corpse is dragged from the River Cherwell. A coincidence? Morse is determined to prove the link... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Remorseful Day more books like this by Colin Dexter For a year, the murder of Yvonne Harrison has baffled Thames Valley CID. But one man has yet to tackle the case - and it is just the sort of puzzle at which Chief Inspector Morse exels. So why will he not lead the reinvesigation, despite two anonymous phone calls that hint at new evidence? The very last Inspector Morse novel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn more books like this by Colin Dexter Chief Inspector Morse is called in to investigate the murder of an Oxford academic, and finds the dons in uproar. The code of integrity had been breached and Quinn's death was not a matter of how and why but when. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Last Seen Wearing more books like this by Colin Dexter The statements before Inspector Morse appeared to confirm the bald, simple truth. After leaving home to return to school, teenager Valerie Taylor had completely vanished, and the trail had gone cold. Until two years, three months and two days after Valerie's disappearance, somebody decides to supply some surprising new evidence for the case. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Zuleika Dobson more books like this by Sir Max Beerbohm This was Max Beerbohm's only novel. It concerns the devastating and hilarious effect that the extraordinarily beautiful Zuleika Dobson on the men around her, as they are invariably driven to suicide by her unattainability. She, in turn, can only love one who is blind to her charms. A wonderful mix of realism and fantasy, and a marvelous spoof of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Crampton Hodnet more books like this by Barbara Pym This is a wonderfully accomplished farce with the joke of using her own name in the title (Barbara Mary Crampton Pym). From that point she sails off into a wickedly comedic farce, focusing -- in recognisingly 'pym' fashion -- on the unsuitable romantic entanglements of a curate and a pretty young girl, both of whom live in the same rooming house, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.85! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Thus Was Adonis Murdered more books like this by Sarah L Caudwell The first mystery in Caudwell's popular series featuring amateur investigator Hilary Tamar and a cast of clever and trouble-prone young London barristers. When a young man is found dead in Julia Larwood's bed, her barrister friends are the only ones who can uncover the truth of this masterpiece of murder. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	The Shortest Way to Hades more books like this by Sarah L Caudwell Everyone in the family agreed that the perfect way to avoid three million in taxes on the estate of Sir James Remington was for Fiske to change the trust arrangement. But, at the last minute, dreary Cousin Deirdre demands a small forture for her signature. When Deirdre has a terrible accident, the young barristers handling the trust summon the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Endymion Spring more books like this by Matthew Skelton A boy in an Oxford library touches a strange, centuries-old chest that is covered in images of mythical beasts, and can only be opened when the fangs of its serpent's-head clasp taste blood. As he feels the prick of the book, words begin to appear on the page--words no one but the boy can see. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The devil's hunt more books like this by P. C. Doherty In the summer of 1303, murder makes its presence felt in the King's university city of Oxford. Sir Hugh Corbett reluctantly agrees to the King's request that he go to Oxford to resolve the murderous mysteries - and soon finds his own life at risk. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.61! \| first editions
15 view cover	Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford love story more books like this by Sir Max Beerbohm This was Max Beerbohm's only novel. It concerns the devastating and hilarious effect that the extraordinarily beautiful Zuleika Dobson on the men around her, as they are invariably driven to suicide by her unattainability. She, in turn, can only love one who is blind to her charms. A wonderful mix of realism and fantasy, and a marvelous spoof of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Sirens Sang of Murder more books like this by Sarah L Caudwell In this narrative Professor Hilary Tamar tells of the activities of the four young barristers at 62 New Square and deals with the complexities of English tax law and murder. The author has also written "The Shortest Way to Hades". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Likeness in Stone more books like this by Julia Wallis Martin When the body of Helena Warner is discovered, it awakens memories of the murder of an Oxford student 20 years ago. Why would anyone have wanted the beautiful Helena dead? And why are her three closest friends and fellow undergraduates still colluding to conceal the murderer's identity? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Buried for Pleasure more books like this by Edmund Crispin Whilst campaigning for a parliamentary seat, a prospective MP finds himself in the midst of a Scotland Yard investigation into a spate of poisoning. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19 view cover	Sibyl in Her Grave more books like this by Sarah L Caudwell Mystery writer Sarah Caudwell's final book before her death tells of androgynous legal historian Hilary Tamar's search for the culprit behind a corporate takeover and two possibly related murders. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
20 view cover	Still She Haunts Me more books like this by Katie Roiphe Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - Lewis Carroll - was a distinguished Oxford mathematician, clergyman and pioneering photographer. He was also a shy, eccentric man with a pronounced stutter. The exact nature of his relationship with his muse, Alice Liddell, remains a mystery. It was a relationship characterised by a deeply obsessive love, typical of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.59! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Wayward Muse more books like this by Elizabeth Hickey Pulled straight from the canvasses of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Elizabeth Hickey's The Wayward Muse paints a vivid portrait of the mysterious and beautiful Jane Burden, the Pre-Raphaelite icon. A stableman's daughter raised in the slums of Oxford, seventeen-year-old Jane is convinced of her own homeliness. But her fortunes forever change when she is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Falconer and the Great Beast more books like this by Ian Morson It is 1268, and Oxford is forced to play host to to the Tartars, a tribe from the East whose fierceness is legendary, and whose deeds have played havoc in France and Germany. Their arrival creates a sense of foreboding, and when the Tartar ambassador is found dead it looks like murder, or magic? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Oxford Mourning: A Kate Ivory Mystery more books like this by Vernoica Stallwood, Veronica Stallwood Kate Ivory's acquaintance with Olivia Blacket, a young English don at Leicester College, Oxford, was brief and less than amicable. The two had clashed over sensitive material that Olivia had found on a respected literary figure--material Kate hoped to use in her new novel. Now, Olivia is dead and Liam Ross, Kate's friend and occasional lover, is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.00! \| first editions
24 view cover	Bone of Contention: A Magdalene La Batarde Mystery more books like this by Roberta Gellis Trouble is brewing in Oxford. Magdalene la Batarde teams up with her old friend, Sir Itchen of Bellamy, to clear up the murder of Aimery St. Cyr--a mess that threatens to be a political scandal for her patron, William of Ypres. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.97! \| first editions
25 view cover	Frequent hearses more books like this by Edmund Crispin Oxford don Gervase Fen is at the film studios to advise about a film biography of Alexander Pope, when he learns of Gloria's death. She appears to have little reason for wanting to kill herself. But when a cameraman is poisoned before his eyes, Fen finds himself involved in murder. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $93.20! \| first editions

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