Description: THE THREE BODY PROBLEM A Cambridge Mystery By Catherine Shaw (London): Allison & Busby Limited, (2004). First edition. SIGNED and dated by the author!Fine in a fine dust jacket. The author's debut novel. "Cambridge, 1888. Miss Vanessa Duncan is a young schoolmistress recently arrived from the countryside and living in small but comfortable lodgings. The peaceful atmosphere is shattered when a Fellow of Mathematics is found dead in his rooms from a violent blow to the head. Her neighbour, Mr Weatherburn, had dined with the victim that night and tells her that he had been working on an unsolved puzzle first set by Sir Isaac Newton, the 'n-body problem', for which the King of Sweden has offered a prestigious prize. As Vanessa's relationship with Mr. Weatherburn blossoms another mathematician is murdered in the same fashion and he is thrown into jail. Convinced of his innocence she sets about trying to prove her case. But when a third mathematician dies, and the evidence starts to stack up, it is a race against time to unravel the threads and prove her theory correct."--Fantastic Fiction. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FIRST EDITION DETECTIVE BOOKS THANKS!
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year Printed: 2004
Modified Item: Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Mystery, Detective
Binding: Hardcover
California Prop 65 Warning: No
Region: Cambridge
Author: Catherine Shaw
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Personalized: No
Original/Facsimile: Original
Modification Description: SIGNED and dated by the author!
Language: English
Character Family: Vanessa Duncan
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Allison & Busby Limited
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: Signed, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
