Death with Dostoevsky - (Crime with the Classics) Large Print by Katherine Bolger Hyde (Hardcover)

About the Book

Professor Emily Cavanaugh is back at Reed College on her sabbatical, determined to finish writing her book on Dostoevsky. But as she starts gathering evidence about a predatory colleague, she has a disturbing flashback, and then makes a gruesome discovery... Can Emily catch a dangerous campus killer while also confronting events from her own past?

Book Synopsis

An intelligent traditional mystery that stars an endearing woman of a certain age who draws on her knowledge of literature to solve crimes Library Journal on Arsenic with Austen

Professor Emily Cavanaugh makes a horrific discovery while writing her book on Dostoevsky in the entertaining fourth Crime with the Classics cozy.

Professor Emily Cavanaugh has left Windy Corner behind and is back at Reed College on her sabbatical, determined to finish writing her book on Dostoevsky. She is soon reunited with one of her promising students, Daniel Razumov, as well as familiar faces on the teaching staff - her friend, Marguerite Grenier, her half-brother, Oscar Lansing, the abrasive division chair, Richard McClintock, and the predatory Taylor Curzon. Known for her relentless pursuit of young male students, Taylor now has Daniel firmly in her sights.

Emily knows Taylor must be stopped, but as she starts gathering evidence of Daniel's harassment, she has a disturbing flashback, and then makes a gruesome discovery . . . Can Emily catch a dangerous campus killer while also confronting events from her own past?

Review Quotes

"Effectively blends romance and mystery, delivering a suitably satisfactory ending to a winning campus cozy"-- "Booklist"

"Lively... Campus hijinks and budding romances complement the satisfying fair-play plot"-- "Publishers Weekly"