Harvard professor Henry Spearmanâan ingenious amateur sleuth who uses economics to size up every situationâis sent by an American entrepreneur to Cambridge, England. Spearmanâs mission is to scout out for purchase the most famous house in economic science: Balliol Croft, the former dwelling place of Professor Alfred Marshall, John Maynard Keynesâs teacher and the font of modern economic theory. A near miss for the American entrepreneur and the shocking and bizarre murder of Nigel Hart, the master of Bishopâs College, soon make it clear that the whole affair is risky business. When a second corpse turns up, Spearman is jolted into realizing that his own life is in peril as he finds himself face to face with the most diabolical killer in his experience.
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Chapter 2 Train to Cambridge 5
Chapter 3 Punting on the Cam 11
Chapter 4 Breakfast with Mrs. Saltmarsh 17
Chapter 5 Balliol Croft 23
Chapter 6 The Humpty Dumpty Theorem 33
Chapter 7 Cambridge Controversies 41
Chapter 8 Balliol Croft Lost 49
Chapter 9 The Master's Lodge 53
Chapter 10 The Bentham Society Dines 63
Chapter 11 A Deadly Indifference 69
Chapter 12 The Apostles 73
Chapter 13 The Cam Revisited
Chapter 14 The Poor Yank 93
Chapter 15 Balliol Croft Regained 97
Chapter 16 Ya Got to Have Hart 107
Chapter 17 Much Ado about Maps 115
Chapter 18 Grantchester's Miss Marple 123
Chapter 19 Adverse Selection 133
Chapter 20 The One in the Many, the Many in the One 137
Chapter 21 Warren Thorne Remembers 143
Chapter 22 In King's College Chapel 147
Chapter 23 Partial Analysis 151
Chapter 24 Taking a Stand on Mathematical Bridge 157
Chapter 25 Grave Matters 161
Chapter 26 Professor Spearman Professes 169