Diane J. (Lituria) reviewed on 11/18/2004 + 61 more book reviews

Female lead is an English professor. Witty, insightful with well developed characters.
"If by some cruel oversight you haven't discovered
Amanda Cross, you have an uncommon pleasure in store for you:')
The New York Times Book Review
"No one has a sharper eye than
Amanda Cross:'
The Washington Post Book World
When the body of Canfield Adams, a professor of
Middle Eastern culture, is found on the pavement seven stories below his open office window, the police see no evidence of foul play. But university officials know that Adams was not one to have jumped out of a window, and there were numerous people-on campus and off-who would have relished pushing him. If the mystery is not resolved, the school may face a hefty lawsuit from the grieving widow.
And so they have asked Kate to investigate.
The trouble is Kate suspects that the administration is
setting her up to fail, and she herself is not sure she wants to succeed. For the murderer may well be a student she cares about... or a colleague... or even
a friend.
Amanda Cross writes wonderfully witty mysteries
full of well-developed characters and insight on modern foibles.

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