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The Moving Toyshop

ID 506070
Slug the-moving-toyshop-edmund-crispin
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Description <p>Richard Cadogan, poet and would-be vivant, arrives for what he thinks will be a relaxing holiday in the city of dreaming spires. Late one night, however, he discovers the dead body of an elderly woman lying in a toyshop. When the police arrive, the toyshop has disappeared and they are understandably sceptical about Richard's tale, but his former schoolmate, Oxford professor and amateur detective Gervase Fen, knows that truth can be stranger than fiction. Soon the bookish dup are careering around town in hot pursuit of clues, but just when they think they understand what has happened, the mystery of the disappearing toyshop takes a sharp turn...</p>
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Publisher HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
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Language eng
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Publication date first 1946-01-01
Publication date latest 2025-01-06
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