About A Thin Sharp Blade
Cambridge, 1903. A boxing champion dies after an exhibition fight. Injuries sustained in the ring are blamed, but would-be scientist Violet Carew becomes suspicious after her brother suffers a strange injury of his own.
Aided by a sisterhood who slip undercover into male-preserve labs and libraries, Violet sets out to examine the evidence herself.
Can she, without credentials, persuade the professors that the boxer’s death was murder, identify his killer, and save her falsely accused maid?
About Fran Smith
Fran took up crime writing after twenty years teaching English to teenagers in London and Cambridge. Before that she worked for the Probation Service. Both jobs provided enough material to keep her busy for some time.
A Thin Sharp Blade was prompted by a real murder case. The character of Violet Carew is inspired by the pioneering women who fought to study medicine and qualify as doctors in the early 20th century.
Fran lives in Cambridgeshire and still teaches English as a Foreign Language, mostly to Chinese students.
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