An Elegant
Solution
by Anne Atkins
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
When someone mentions the City of
Cambridge you probably think of an iconic building, its four corners
stretching out of the once medieval mud and into the arms of
everlasting heaven, its white limestone yearning into eternity... and
without even knowing exactly what ephemeral joys or permanent wonders
the vision brings to mind, it s a safe bet that the one thought which
doesn t occur to you is that the Chapel might not be there by
Christmas. Theo (Theophilus Ambrose Fitzwilliam Wedderburn to his
friends) is a Junior Research Fellow in Number Theory. Prompted by a
supervisee to demonstrate how to trace the provenance of bitcoins,
Theo happens across a shocking revelation, with embarrassing
ramifications for the whole University. Meanwhile he is being stalked
unseen by someone from his childhood. To his annoyance, Theo falls
for a cheap con... and discovers a horror set not only to rock the
very seat of power itself but to change the face of Cambridge and its
beautifully iconic image for ever.
Anne Atkins is the author of several
novels, most recently An Elegant Solution, a literary thriller set in
Cambridge, with a dashing Aspergic hero.
Previous novels are The Lost Child, On
Our Own and A Fine and Private Place, all featuring a child’s
viewpoint.
She has also written several books of
non-fiction. Split Image: Male and Female After God's Likeness, is a
layperson’s guide to biblical teaching about the sexes.
Child-Rearing for Fun: Trust Your Instincts and Enjoy Your Children
gives parents the confidence to know they're getting it right, ideas
to help them do it even better, and an awful lot of laughs. Agony
Atkins is a compilation of her agony aunt columns in the Daily
Telegraph and contains much wisdom and lots more laughs.
She is a regular contributor to Thought
for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, as well as many other
radio and television programmes and most national
newspapers.
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