Anne Moore (USA: MI) (2007/12/31):
Cover blurb: Take a medieval Arab kingdom; add a ruler who has decided to bring to it the most modern of facilities; include an English psycholinguist; and then add a chimpanzee who is learning to form coherent sentences with plastic symbols. Into this placid setting comes a hijacked Japanese airliner, complete with a beautiful English hijackeress. A murder is committed and the only witness is--the chimpanzee."If you only have time for one mystery this month, better make it The Poison Oracle." -Chicago Sun-Times "Peter Dickinson, master of the bizarre thriller, does it again, only more so....Resoundingly recommended." -Minneapolis Tribune "The Poison Oracle is a fascinating suspense story." -Psychology Today "What puts The Poison Oracle way above most mysteries is its thoroughness of detail. Dickinson is a first-rate researcher as well as a classic mystery writer." -New York Times
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