Prompted by this turn of events, Buckfast recounts her past to Straitley in a series of conversations. He brings this news of another scandal - he's already haunted by his fallen friend, Eric Scoones - to the new boss. Oswald's who can neither get his head round the term 'headmistress nor successfully negotiate the pronoun minefield around a trans pupil. Straitley, who despite himself seems a decent enough sort of chap, is a remanent of the old St. Oswald's - and it's not the first time Buckfast has appeared either - following on from Gentlemen & Players (2005) and Different Class (2016) but I've yet to read either of them and so can assure you that A Narrow Door works just fine as a stand-alone read. It should be noted here that is the third volume by Harris to feature Straitley and St. Students approach Classics Master Roy Straitley after discovering a body. Before any of this becomes apparent, this reader sat up straight when she laid out her stall by admitting to two murders as early as the preface. Oswald’s, a posh old boys school, where her rise as the first female to occupy the top position and the addition of female students - and the attendant name change from 'School For Boys' to 'Academy' - is ruffling a few feathers. Rebecca Buckfast has recently been made headmistress of St. Best-selling author Harris has admirably gone all over the map in her career, from magical realism to historical fiction, but how would one describe A Narrow Door? On the one hand, it’s a psychological thriller.
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