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This page lists novels that feature the Cambridge academic Dr. Davie.

The cover images are, when available, the first UK edition and a more recent paperback or digital edition.

Death's Bright Dart

V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

1967

Uncertain about original publication year.

"It was just another conference in a Cambridge College during the vacation – or so it seemed. But there were some disturbing features about it. For one thing rather too many people there knew rather too much about some very nasty poisons. Then someone stole a lethal blow-pipe from a local exhibition. So elderly but spry Dr Davie turned detective."

My Foe Outstretched Beneath the Tree

V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

1968

"To enter this world is like settling into a beautiful house, all discreet order and comfort. But a walk outside in the lovely maze might disclose a body, done to death mysteriously and brutally. It is then that Dr. Davie really comes to life."

Only A Matter Of Time

V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

1969

"Kings Lacy, like many an English country town, has a festival. As a opera lover Dr Davie would hate to miss it. Nearby at Bexminster Electronics, secrets are leaking to Japanese rivals. When two bodies are found savagely chopped down Dr Davie begins his scholarly investigations."

No Case For The Police

V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

1970

"An aging man with a restless young wife. An antique dealer with a sinister new acquisition. A married couple with part-time lovers. There was definitely more than met the eye in the tranquil town of Tidwell St Peters."

To Study A Long Silence

V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

1972

"Dr Davie has always had a passion for commedia dell'arte and when a London drama school mounts a new production, he delightedly puts in an appearance. The performance goes with a swing until the curtain calls, when mysteriously, the actor playing Pantaloon fails to come on for his bow."