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Title: Murder Is Academic : A Cambridge Mystery by Christine Poulson ISBN: 0-312-31807-3 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 15 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: a nice if not very suspenseful read
Comment: When the head of the English department, Margaret Joplin, at St. Etheldreda's College at Cambridge University dies in a seeming accident, lecturer Cassandra James is offered the post as acting head. Her most important job is to see to it that the faculty come up to speed and publish as many articles and books within the year so that the beleaguer college will continue to exist. With so many jobs on the line, especially her's, Cassandra will have to crack the whip. So that when Margaret's husband suggests that Cassandra be Margaret's literary executor, Cassandra agrees to take on the task in the hopes that she will be able to use some of Margaret's work to bolster the department's unimpressive cv. What Cassandra finds in Margaret's papers however suggests that there was a relationship between Margaret and one of the students at the college who had died in a climbing accident a few months earlier. Cassandra begins to wonder: was Margaret's death an accident after all? Could she have been murdered? Cassandra cannot rid herself of the feeling that there is something fishy about Margaret's death, even if evidence points to the whole thing being a coincidence. And she's determined to investigate Margaret's death until she's satisfied...
"Murder is Academic" may not be a recommended read for everyone. It's not really your usual amateur sleuth fare -- it takes place over a much longer period of time (about a year), and unwinds at a more sedate and slightly more long-winded pace -- there were moments when I even began to wonder if there is actually a mystery at hand to resolve! On the other hand, there are quite a few interesting plot twists and red herring suspects, and if you enjoy an in-depth look at what running a troubled English department is like, you're bound to enjoy "Murder is Academic," especially one that is well crafted and beautifully written.
Rating: 5
Summary: fun academic amateur sleuth
Comment: A professor at St. Ethelreda's College at Cambridge University, Cassandra James is quite content with the life she has made for herself. She is in an exclusive relationship with Stephen, a well known lawyer, and lives in quaint cottage with her cat. One day when she goes to the home of the head of her department Margaret she finds papers lying on the ground in no particular order and in the swimming pool. She tries to get them out but sees Margaret lying lifeless in the pool.
At her husband's request, she goes through Margaret's papers and finds that her head was having an affair with her student Lucy. Lucy died several months ago climbing down a cliff. The authorities think she slipped and hit her head. Cassandra wonders if two deaths could be linked but keeps her suspicions to herself that is until a second student is attacked and later dies. Cassandra has her hands full because she is made the acting head of her department and is pregnant but she still has time to see if the three deaths are connected and if so who is behind the killings.
Readers who adore academic mysteries will like MURDER IS ACADEMIC an amateur sleuth tale that is filled with unexpected twists and turns and plenty of red herrings. The cast is simply brilliant as well as realistic because they behave in ways according to their character. The heroine's relationship with her lover evolves over the course of Christine Poulson's tale and readers will find themselves reading for them to make their relationship legal, that is if she can survive her current crisis. MURDER IS ACADEMIC is a treat for mystery fans.
Harriet Klausner
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Title: Arson and Old Lace : A Far Wychwood Mystery (Harwin, Patricia. Far Wychwood Mystery Series.) by Patricia Harwin ISBN: 0743482247 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Murder on Monday by Ann Purser ISBN: 0425192970 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: High Rhymes and Misdemeanors : A Poetic Death Mystery (Poetic Death Mystery) by Diana Killian ISBN: 0743466780 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Dealing in Murder by Elaine Flinn ISBN: 0060545798 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Out of the Deep I Cry : A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery by Julia Spencer-Fleming ISBN: 0312312628 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 26 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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