Poison for Teacher

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Introduced by Sandi Toksvig'Her detective novels are hilarious - less about detecting than delighting, with absurd farce and a wonderful turn of phrase . . . Nancy Spain was bold, she was brave, she was funny, she was feisty' Sandi ToksvigMiriam Birdseye, ex-revue star and now professional sleuth, is intrigued when the headmistress of Radcliff Hall arrives at her Baker Street detective agency. A series of bizarre stunts that at first seemed like mischief have taken a sinister turn, causing Miss Lipscoomb to fear for her life. This is how Miriam and her friend, Russian ballerina Natasha Nevkorina, find themselves on the train to a Sussex girls' school, in the unlikely guise of teachers. Before long, the detective duo uncovers a blackmail plot, infidelity and a dizzying array of school schisms. And when the school play turns poisonous, can they discover the culprit before the body count rises?'An either intense or sombre approach to crime is to Miss Spain foreign: in her world an inspired craziness rules . . . Her wit, her zest, her outrageousness, and the colloquial stylishness of her writing are quite her ownElizabeth Bowen