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A novel in statistics

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J. Yardley
Significance

The latest of Jane Yardley's novels involves mystery, wartime crime and Sibelius; and its heroine is a biostatistician, who makes chocolate teddybears, a father who worked with toxic chemicals and a bookmaker's clerk made her do it.

Abstract

Jane Yardley spends her days organising clinical trials. By night she writes successful novels. Her latest involves mystery, wartime crime and Sibelius; and its heroine is a biostatistician. Why? Chocolate teddybears, a father who worked with toxic chemicals and a bookmaker's clerk made her do it …