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The Oxford Murders
The Oxford Murders | Guillermo Martinez
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On a balmy summer's day in Oxford an old lady who once helped decipher the Enigma Code is killed. After receiving a cryptic anonymous note containing only the address and the symbol of a circle, Arthur Seldom, a leading mathematician, arrives to find the body. Then follow more murders - an elderly man on a life-support machine is found dead with needle marks in this throat; the percussionist of an orchestra at a concert at Blenheim Palace dies before the audience's very eyes - seemingly unconnected except for notes appearing in the maths department, for the attention of Seldom. Why is he being targeted as the recipient of these coded messages? All he can conjecture is that it might relate to his latest book, an unexpected bestseller about serial killers and the parallels between investigations into their crimes and certain mathematical theorems. It is left to Seldom and a postgraduate mathematics student to work out the key to the series of symbols before the killer strikes again.
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kspenmoll
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Started this last night. Trying to read from my TBR.

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jenniferw88
The Oxford Murders | Guillermo Martinez

@LoveToReadLiveToRead @Moray_Reads @Lel2403 @Cathythoughts I'm back home now so will be able to start our books for November tomorrow.
Ruth, I'm going to send The Blackhouse and The Unquiet Dead in one package - #whodunituk is taking priority.
Moray, Lesley & Cathy, what colours are you going to use to mark your books - I don't want to use the same one.

Lel2403 I‘m using green.... 6y
LoveToReadLiveToRead Fab, thanks you. Must be nice to be home! X 6y
Cathythoughts I have a purple pen 💜👍🏻👍🏻 6y
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Moray_Reads Mine is this colour 💙 6y
Moray_Reads PS glad you're home, hope you're recovering well ❤️ 6y
jenniferw88 I'll use red! 6y
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jenniferw88
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Two things that make me #smile - book hauls and chocolate! #SisforSeptember @CaliforniaCay

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charissharpe
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I enjoyed this whodunnit set in Oxford, although the mathematical theory in it did go over my head. It's always fun to read a book that is set where you live and I live in Oxford so recognised many of the places mentioned. I have no idea whether the mathematical theories mentioned in it are indeed true. It was a good read, drawing you in, I wasn't too keen on how the plot drew to a close though. I did guess the murderer! #booksinthewild

DebinHawaii Welcome to Litsy!! 🎉📚👍😀Hope you are enjoying it here! 7y
charissharpe Thanks @DebinHawaii very much so! I've always adore reading so finding this little gem has been fab 😀 7y
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HardcoverHearts
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Revisiting this book for my syllabus for my weeklong class at Oxford University. I remember it being ok when I read it the first time so I chose to approach it from audiobook this time as a refresher. The narrator is really good!

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melissanorr
The Oxford Murders | Guillermo Martinez
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I'll blame the sometimes stilted language on it being a translation but it also was just unsatisfying as a mystery.