V. C. Clinton-Baddeley

 V. C. Clinton-Baddeley's Dr. Davie books, published in the late 1960s and early 1970s, have long been favorites of mine.  Dr. Davie is an elderly fellow of St. Nicholas' College, Cambridge University, who has a fondness for detective novels and opera.  His natural curiosity about people and the world often leads him into unusual situations. 
 
The sudden death of a university lecturer during the course of a public speech in Death's Bright Dart leads Dr. Davie to investigate the speaker's murky past and production methods and use of arrow poisons. This one involves some tricky calculating of the college's geography that I found confusing, although there is a map to help figure it out.  Grade:  B for the mystery, Grade A for the pleasure of Dr. Davie's company.   


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V. C. Clinton-Baddeley

 V. C. Clinton-Baddeley's Dr. Davie books, published in the late 1960s and early 1970s, have long been favorites of mine.  Dr. Davie is ...