Who is the author of the following book, given its description?

Asked by luigirovatti (2950

) June 14th, 2023

I found it on TVTropes, with title and description BUT not the author. It’s not the one by Guillefmo Martinez. Here’s the description:

“The Oxford Murders” has been termed (citation needed) “the most fair whodunnit of all” — the author reveals the murderer on the first page in open light — if you have eyes to see. If you HAVE to be spoilered: The FIRST page. The poem. Which is not ancient at all, but faked. Which you COULD see simply by the fact that the vain author “signed” it with his name inserted as acrostichon. The victim, a wordplay fan, saw that immediately and was murdered by the author to hide the fake.

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This link says the author is Guillermo Martínez. It was published 2006.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+oxford+murders&i=stripbooks&crid=3AH70X3T02RAE&sprefix=the+oxford+murders%2Cstripbooks%2C94&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

A second book by the same title says Peter Tickler is the author. It was published in 1998.
https://www.amazon.com/OXFORD-MURDERS-gripping-thriller-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0C157Q1VC

Maybe I’m missing the point of your question.

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@snowberry: I’m trying to.find the author of a book I saw on TVTropes, on a trope page. I also said that it was not that of Martinez. If that of Tickler is the only one remaining, fine.

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I found the following description on the trope page “Fair-Play Whodunnit” (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FairPlayWhodunnit) under the section “Literature”.

luigirovatti (2950

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I suggest you click the “read a sample” section in the link I provided for the second link. If it matches, then you know the author.

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