The Oxford Murders
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| Author | Guillermo Martínez |
|---|---|
| Original title | Crímenes imperceptibles |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre(s) | Thriller, Crime novels |
| Publisher | |
| Released | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
The Oxford Murders (Spanish Crímenes imperceptibles - Imperceptible Crimes) is an award-winning novel by the Argentine author Guillermo Martínez, first published in 2003. The story tells about a professor of logic, who, along with a graduate student, investigates a series of bizarre, mathematically-based murders in Oxford, England. The book has been translated into several languages including English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Dutch, Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Danish and Catalan, with different translation for the title (Argentina, Japan, Serbia: Crímenes imperceptibles, Spain: Oxford Crimes, Bulgary, Greece, Sweden: Murders in Oxford, Italy, Poland, Croatia:Oxford Series, France: Mathematics of a crime, Germany: The Pitagoras Murder, etc.)
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[edit] Plot introduction
In this thriller, mathematical symbols are the key to a mysterious sequence of murders. Each new death the occurs is accompanied by a different mathematical shape, starting with a circle. This pure of mathematical form heralds the death of Mrs Eagleton, the landlady of a young South American mathematician who narrates the story. It appears that the serial killer can be stopped only if somebody can decode the next symbol in the sequence. The mathematics graduate is joined by the leading Oxford logician Arthur Seldom on the quest to solve the cryptic clues.
[edit] Selected editions
- Abacus (2005). ISBN 0-349-11721-7. Paperback, English.
- MacAdam/Cage Publishing (2005). ISBN 1-59692-150-1. Hardback, English.
[edit] See also
- The Oxford Murders 2007 film directed by Álex de la Iglesia, starring Elijah Wood and John Hurt.
- The Mathematical Institute
- The Da Vinci Code
- Merton College
[edit] External links
- Murder by numbers reviewed by Marcus du Sautoy, The Guardian, 5 February 2005
- 'The Oxford Murders' reviewed by Andrew Stickland
- MathFiction information
