- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 1st ed 1st printg edition (6 Jun 1985)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297786067
- ISBN-13: 978-0297786061
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.5 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,450,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A Jemima Shore mystery. The glamorous investigator discovers that the handsome young Lord Saffron, one of the young bloods at the centre of Oxford society, with his expensive pranks, lavish dances and weekend parties, is not all he seems. Then an attempt is made on his life - and on Jemima's.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Set in Oxford, this frothy but intelligent novel describes the behaviour of upper-class undergraduates at Oxford with dry wit. The whodunnit aspect is very capably carried out, with biology-based twists reminiscent of Dorothy Sayers. Not great literature, but diverting!
2 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You would think nothing had changed in Britain since WW2. Every character is a stereotype: the Earl is cool, charming, polite and wants above all a son to carry on the name, the Professor is eccentric, the Nanny is overcome with religious guilt on her deathbed (SO lower class of her) the scion of the noble house is frivolous and appallingly behaved, but of course has a noble heart underneath it all. Goodness, how us lower orders lap up these tales of the high life, reassured that the world is run just as it should be. I'm studying Crime Writing at present, and am sampling around authors I have never read. And in this case an author I will never read again. I can honestly say that this is a book which, once you have put down, you cannot pick up again. I'm a quick reader and this is a slight book, but it took me three days to finish this tripe.
And to cap it all - Jemima Shore doesn't even solve the mystery - she simply happens to be around when the murderer reveals themselves!
This is Class A crap - don't bother.
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31 Oct 2010
Format:Paperback
This is the second Jemima Shore book I have read. I picked up both books at a library sale. Having previously read Lady Antonia's Warrior Queens and The Weaker Vessel, I was looking forward to great reads with these two books - Oxford Blood and A Splash of Red.
Sorry, Jemima Shore just doesn't appeal to me. Spoiled, precious and promiscuous, Jemima and the other characters are people I would not like to meet. Why in the world would a woman of Jemima's wealth and charm have sex with some really disgusting men?
This book is not educational, entertaining, escapist, elucidating or enlightening. There is no reason to read it unless you are stuck at home in a blizzard and have nothing else to read.
Sorry, Jemima Shore just doesn't appeal to me. Spoiled, precious and promiscuous, Jemima and the other characters are people I would not like to meet. Why in the world would a woman of Jemima's wealth and charm have sex with some really disgusting men?
This book is not educational, entertaining, escapist, elucidating or enlightening. There is no reason to read it unless you are stuck at home in a blizzard and have nothing else to read.
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