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The Whole World by Emily Winslow (view source)
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|date=July 2010
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The Whole World is a sort of crime/suspense novel set in Cambridge, England, told in turn from the viewpoint of five different characters. The first two narrators, Polly and Liv, are friends, and seem to have much in common – they are both American students with things to hide, and they are both attracted to the same young man, Nick. One night things come to a head as Nick somehow ends up kissing them both, then goes missing and is presumed dead. Then Nick, a blind woman called Gretchen and a local police officer, Morris, tell their stories, and the novel takes several weird twists. It is hard to say more without revealing too much about the plot.
Thank you to the publishers for sending a copy to The Bookbag.
A much older Oxbridge crime novel is [[Death at the President’s President's Lodging by Michael Innes]]. Another recent novel set in Oxford rather than Cambridge is [[The Lessons by Naomi Alderman]].
[[Emily Winslow's Keene and Frohmann Novels in Chronological Order]] {{amazontext|amazon=0385342888}} {{waterstonestextamazonUStext|waterstonesamazon=77583880385342888}}
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