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Sleuth Karen Pelletier, a professor at a New England college, comes under suspicion when a wealthy woman dies after changing a $10-million will in Pelletier's favor. By the author of Quieter Than Sleep.Tags
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An okay cozy. I was grateful for the lack of recipes and mystery solving pets, and I liked the setting. A bit preachy about the need to include more minorities and women in English department curriculums. It is a bit dated that way - that battle has been won.
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14+ Works 1,105 Members
Joanne Dobson is an associate professeor of English at Fordham University.
Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Northbury Papers
- Original publication date
- 1998
- People/Characters
- Karen Pelletier (Professor); Charlie Piotrowski; Edith Hart; Avery Mitchell; Gerry Novak; Jill Greenberg (show all 8); Thibault (Tib) Brewster (Tib); Shamega Gilfoyle
- Important places
- Enfield College, Massachusetts, USA; Massachusetts, USA
- Epigraph
- "She makes a good living out of such stories, they say;" and he pointed to the name of Mrs. S.L.A.N.G. Northbury under the title of the tale.
"Do you know her?" asked Jo, with sudden interest. ... (show all)(from "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott) - Dedication
- For Dave
- First words
- The bookplate was ornate in the nineteenth-century manner, a rich cream-colored rectangle with a wide border of morning glories and tangled vines.
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- Members
- 178
- Popularity
- 183,343
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.59)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 1
