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Party girls die in pearls / Plum Sykes.

by Sykes, Plum.

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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.

University of Oxford -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

College students -- Fiction.

Nineteen eighties -- Fiction.

Sykes, Plum. Oxford girl mysteries ; 1.

9780062677105 (2017 Harper trade pbk.)

9780062429025 (hc.)

329 p. ; 24 cm.

"It’s 1985, and at Oxford University, Pimm’s, punting, and ball gowns are de rigeur. Ursula Flowerbutton, a studious country girl, arrives for her first term anticipating nothing more sinister than days spent poring over history books in gilded libraries—and, if she’s lucky, an invitation to a ball. But when she discovers a glamorous classmate on a chaise longue with her throat cut, Ursula is catapulted into a murder investigation. Determined to bag her first scoop for the famous student newspaper Cherwell, Ursula enlists the help of trend-setting American exchange student Nancy Feingold to unravel the case. While navigating a whirl of black-tie parties and secret dining societies, the girls discover a surfeit of suspects. From broken-hearted boyfriends to snobby Sloane Rangers, lovelorn librarians to dishy dons, none can be presumed innocent—and Ursula’s investigations mean that she may be next on the murderer’s list."--Book jacket.

Mystery fiction.

Amateur sleuth mystery.

Humorous fiction.

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