Death at St. Asprey's School

Although there have been suspicious happenings and eventually a murder committed there is no sign that the police detective assigned to the case is present or investigating, which seems incredible even in fiction. All is left to Carolus Deene, the academic initially asked to look into matters. This is 17th in the Carolus Deene mystery series so presumably he’s an experienced sleuth although I wasn’t impressed by his actions or by the telling.

Said to be 222 pages, but it seemed much longer. I continued with the book because I really hoped there would be a surprising Christie-style twist at the end but was disappointed there too.

one of the better ones in the series - a traditional english mystery.