A painful divorce brings Cassandra James to Cambridge, where she takes up a lectureship in a women's college and moves into her new home, an isolated house deep in the Fens. Suddenly her quiet life is shattered when she discovers the body of her head...
All is not well at Cambridge University's St. Ethelreda's College. The head of the English Department is dead, and Professor Cassandra James is appointed the task of running the department. Faced with the choice of whipping her underperformin...
During her maternity leave, Cambridge academic Cassandra James gets involved in a production of East Lynne. There is as much drama behind the scenes as there is on stage. The director is desperate to revive his flagging career. The maker of a fly-on-...
‘A fascinating suspense story . . . intricately plotted, I was gripped from the first page and heartily recommend this book as a ‘not to be missed.’ MYSTERY PEOPLEA cure for obesity, worth billions. A death in a clinical trial.When patent lawye...
‘Christine Poulson has long been one of the most reliable talents in the crime/thriller field, and her style, understated but forceful, is well in evidence in this latest ingenious variation on the cloistered locale mystery.’ BARRY FORSHAW at Cri...
'Poulson is currently unrivalled as a writer of scientific mysteries combining elements of both the thriller and the whodunnit.' Morning StarThe atmosphere in the lab is toxic.It is only a matter of time before there is a flu pandemic with the potent...