The Poison Oracle

Praise for The Poison Oracle:

"I have no idea if any of this talk and ac-tion is authentic, and I don't care. Either way it's marvellous."—Rex Stout

"Intelligent, elegantly written . . . a thoroughly enjoyable read."—Sunday Times

Praise for Peter Dickinson's mysteries:

"He is the true original, a superb writer who revitalises the traditions of the mystery genre . . . incapable of writing a trite or inelegant sentence . . . a mas-ter."—P. D. James

"Consummate storytelling skill."—Peter Lovesey

Take a medieval Arab kingdom, add a ruler who wants to update the kingdom's educational facilities, include an English research psycholinguist (an Oxford classmate of the ruler) invited to pursue his work on animal communication, and then add a...