Death on the Cherwell

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For-Miss-Cordell-principal-of-Persephone-College-there-are-two-great-evils-in-the-world-unladylike-behavior-among-her-students-and-bad-publicity-for-the-college-This-means-its-a-very-very-bad-day-when-a-secret-society-of-her-students-meets-by-the-river-on-a-gloomy-January-afternoonand-finds-the-drowned-body-of-the-college-bursar-Death-on-the-Cherwell-follows-the-investigation-which-initially-focuses-on-the-girls-themselves-and-ultimately-leads-them-to-do-some-detecting-of-their-own-Soon-they-uncover-a-tangle-of-secretsand-clues-that-point-to-a-fellow-student-This-novel-from-the-golden-age-of-British-crime-fiction-is-sure-to-puzzle-and-charm-fans-of-Dorothy-L-Sayers-Agatha-Christie-and-Josephine-Tey