The Oxford Murders (novel)
| The Oxford Murders | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Guillermo Martínez |
| Original title | Crímenes imperceptibles |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre(s) | Thriller, Crime fiction |
| Publication date | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
The Oxford Murders (Spanish: Crímenes imperceptibles; Imperceptible Crimes) is a novel by the Argentine author Guillermo Martínez, first published in 2003. There is a 2005 translation by Sonia Soto.
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.
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[edit] Plot introduction
In this thriller, mathematical symbols are the key to a mysterious sequence of murders. Each new death that occurs is accompanied by a different mathematical shape, starting with a circle. This pure mathematical form heralds the death of Mrs Eagleton, the landlady of a young Argentine 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. The book explains how hard it can be to solve math in a cryptic form.
[edit] Selected editions
- Abacus (2005). ISBN 0-349-11721-7. Paperback, English.
- MacAdam/Cage Publishing (2005). ISBN 1-59692-150-1. Hardback, English.
[edit] International editions
The book has been translated into several languages including Chinese, English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Dutch, Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Danish, Catalan, Hebrew and Albanian with different translations for the title:
- Argentina, Japan, Serbia: Imperceptible Crimes
- China: Oxford Mystery
- Spain, Romania, Kosova, Albania: Oxford Crimes
- Bulgaria, Greece: The Oxford Sequence
- Sweden: Murders in Oxford
- Italy, Poland, Croatia: Oxford Series
- France: Mathematics of a crime
- Germany: The Pythagoras Murders
- Iceland: Ósýnilegir glæpir
[edit] See also
- The Oxford Murders, a 2007 film directed by Álex de la Iglesia, starring Elijah Wood and John Hurt.
- The Mathematical Institute
- Merton College, Oxford
- Cryptography
[edit] External links
- Oxford Murders Book Review reviewed by Steven Feeney, 52 Books, 20 June 2010
- Murder by numbers reviewed by Marcus du Sautoy, The Guardian, 5 February 2005
- 'The Oxford Murders' reviewed by Andrew Stickland
- MathFiction information
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