[Cambridge Mysteries 01] • The Three-Body Problem

An engaging, atmospheric and stimulating novel, *The Three-Body Problem* is a cleverly realised debut novel from an exciting new talent.

Cambridge University, 1888. The world of Miss Vanessa Duncan, a young schoolmistress, is shattered when a Fellow of Mathematics, Mr Akers, is found dead with a violent blow to the back of his head. Discussing the murder, she learns of a competition set by the King of Sweden on the n-body problem , an as yet unsolved puzzle set by Sir Isaac Newton. It is thought that Akers had been working towards a solution to win the prestigious prize.

As the months pass and the murder is left unsolved, news breaks of the death of another mathematician, Mr Beddoes. Vanessa s new love, Arthur Weatherburn, becomes a prime suspect until yet another mathematician is murdered. Convinced of his innocence, Vanessa sets about trying to prove her case. As the evidence begins to stack up, it becomes a race against time to prove her theory.