An Instance of the Fingerpost

<p><b>'A fictional <i>tour de force </i>which combines erudition with mystery' PD James</b><br><br><b>Oxford in the 1660s. Sarah Blundy stands accused of the murder of Robert Grove, a fellow of New College.</b><br><br>Four witnesses describe the events surrounding his death: Marco da Cola, a Venetian Catholic intent on claiming credit for the invention of blood transfusion; Jack Prescott, the son of a supposed traitor to the Royalist cause, determined to vindicate his father; John Wallis, chief cryptographer to both Cromwell and Charles II, a mathematician, theologian and master spy; and Anthony Wood, the famous Oxford antiquary.<br><br>Each one tells their version of what happened but only one reveals the extraordinary truth. Brilliantly written and utterly convincing, <i>An Instance of the Fingerpost </i>is gripping from the first page to the last.<br><br><b>'A novel that combines the simple pleasures of Agatha Christie with the intellectual subtlety of Umberto Eco, don't let it pass by unread.' <i>The Times</i></b></p> <p><b>'A fictional <i>tour de force </i>which combines erudition with mystery' PD James</b><br><br><b>Oxford in the 1660s. Sarah Blundy stands accused of the murder of Robert Grove, a fellow of New College.</b><br><br>Four witnesses describe the events surrounding his death: Marco da Cola, a Venetian Catholic intent on claiming credit for the invention of blood transfusion; Jack Prescott, the son of a supposed traitor to the Royalist cause, determined to vindicate his father; John Wallis, chief cryptographer to both Cromwell and Charles II, a mathematician, theologian and master spy; and Anthony Wood, the famous Oxford antiquary.<br><br>Each one tells their version of what happened but only one reveals the extraordinary truth. Brilliantly written and utterly convincing, <i>An Instance of the Fingerpost </i>is gripping from the first page to the last.<br><br><b>'A novel that combines the simple pleasures of Agatha Christie with the intellectual subtlety of Umberto Eco, don't let it pass by unread.' <i>The Times</i></b></p>