Blurbs

"Meteorites fall from heaven but seldom onto the heads of science dons in redbrick universities. Yet this is what happened to Professor Pluckrose of Nestfield University."
It is always a mistake to read blurbs. I once read one which revealed something that happened on page 290 of a 310 page book. Though in the case of "The weight of the evidence" (Penguin Crime, 1961) it might have served as a warning, and it wouldn't have been blocking up my bookcase for god knows how many years.