A Little Class on Murder (A Death on Demand Mysteries)
Carolyn Hart's series novel follows bookstore owner Annie Laurance through a case that mixes domestic suspicion with a light, witty mystery tone.
Work Information
The shape of the crime emerges through everyday conversation and frayed relationships.
Set against the atmosphere of bookstores and academia, the case unwinds with wit and irony. It keeps the approachable feel of the series.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Crimeline
- Published
- 1989-11-01
- Pages
- 272 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 10.67 x 1.47 x 17.2 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780553282085
- ISBN-10
- 0553282085
- Price
- 1943 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/History & Criticism/Books & Reading/Booksellers & Bookselling
When mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance is invited to teach "The Three Great Ladies of the Mystery" class at Chastain Community College, the sometime sleuth discovers that all is not strictly academic in Chastain's hallowed halls of learning. And when a shocking scandal in the school newspaper erupts in a suicide and two violent deaths, Professor Laurance enlists the talents of her new hubby, private eye Max Darling, and dons her thinking cap to probe intrigue and vengeance among Chastain's faculty. A Dangerous Thing Max and Annie, with dubious help from three of their own great ladies of the mystery -- Annie's pixilated mother-in-law, a batty local dowager, and a Christie crime fanatic -- learn that just about everyone at the school had means, motive, and access to the murder weapons. From the secretly boozing professor of advertising to the muscle-bound campus cad who barters passing grades for a little extracurricular activity, anyone on the faculty is a possible killer -- waiting to strike again!
An accomplished master of mystery, Carolyn Hart is the New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty-five novels of mystery and suspense including the Bailey Ruth Ghost Novels and the Death on Demand Mysteries. Her books have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She has also been honored with the Amelia Award for significant contributions to the traditional mystery from Malice Domestic and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Hart lives in Oklahoma City, where she enjoys mysteries, walking in the park, and cats. She and her husband, Phil, serve as staff—cat owners will understand—to brother and sister brown tabbies.
Reviews
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great Book
I always enjoy books in this series and I recommend this one for a gripping story! Get them all! You'll love them too!
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A Good Story Overall!
This is the 5th installment to an exciting mystery series. I love the protagonists and their wacky relatives and cohorts. But, what I didn't like was the overabundance of information on other mystery writers. It got a little tedious. When the culprit was revealed in the end, I was surprised. That made it a satisfying read, and I will continue reading this series.
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A mystery you'll love; a villian you will LOATH!
As an avid mystery and Death-On_Demand fan I can honestly say that this is classic mystery from a moder writer that does true honors to the "Grand Dames of Mystery"! The cast of characters are colorful as they are varied and Ms Hart keeps you guessing to the very last page of who the sick twisted sociopath is behind all the chaos. If you love mysteries that make you truly loath the culprit this book should be your next buy!
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Good plot
It was a little slow. The plot was good just to many fill in paragraphs.
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Teaching is Murder
Carolyn G. Hart has served up another Death on Demand mystery with A LITTLE CLASS ON MURDER. Newlyweds Annie and Max Darling go to Chastain Community College and find themselves deep in murder when all Annie wanted to do was teach a class on the three grand dames of mystery fiction. A young reporter wants to make his big career move and an old timer has been given the chore of breathing new life into the journalism department. But the new department chair ends up dead. Who hates his changes enough to resort to murder? Annie and Max are on the caper against obstacles as thick as the stone walls of the building. This delight escapade is pure enjoyment for the reader. Nash Black, author of SINS OF THE FATHERS.
Related Literary Awards
- Agatha Awards Edition 1 (1988) ・Winner