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Death on May Morning

Long before Inspector Morse investigated mayhem among the dreaming spires author Max Dalman wrote an Oxford-based thriller called Death on May Morning. Published in 1938 the book describes how a student atop Magdalen Tower is shot dead by a sniper during the traditional singing by the choir. The hero, reporter Philip Hardman, goes sleuthing about the city chasing up clues in New College, Parson’s Pleasure, The Trout and elsewhere.

First issued by Ward, Lock & Co (see left), the book was re-published in 2022 by The Oleander Press (right).

It’s not a bad read, incidentally.