Ursula Flowerbutton's Murder

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Ursula Flowerbutton, a country girl is excited to start her first year at Oxford University. She is looking forward to joining the famous student newspaper Cherwell and perhaps even attending a ball or two? What she wasn't expecting was to be embroiled in a major murder investigation at her new university which is unfortunately what happens when the school's "IT" girl, India Brattenbury is found dead, and Ursula is the first to find her. As a result, Ursula is assigned the murder as her first story for the Cherwell however as she gets deeper into her investigations into India's death she may also find that she too could be in

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