Book guide
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Four witnesses, one Oxford murder, and a truth twisted by everyone who tells it.
GenresHistoricalMystery
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalPolitical intrigueHistoricalWar storyMysteryUnreliable narratorMysteryWhodunnit
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About An Instance of the Fingerpost
Set in seventeenth-century Oxford, An Instance of the Fingerpost centres on a murder recounted through four conflicting testimonies. Each narrator interprets events through their own beliefs and motives, revealing a world of science, religion, politics and suspicion.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- rape
- sexual assault
- medical trauma
- misogyny
- racism
- slavery
- violence
- murder
