Chapters are told from the point of view of the 'white queen' or the 'black king', which should indicate how Rebecca manipulates the old don. 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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