Review
“Fans of Amanda Cross’s delicious academic mysteries really must meet Professor Karen Pelletier!”
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Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine “Amanda Cross, move over. There’s a new literary mystery novelist in town.”
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Great Neck Record “Dobson’s sparkling tale lures readers through enough bait-and-switch red herrings to guarantee a riveting curiosity about who’s who.”
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Kirkus Reviews“For a modern mystery of academic proportions, you can’t beat Joanne Dobson’s series!”
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Mystery Lovers Bookshop News
Don’t miss these other books in Joanne Dobson’s acclaimed series
featuring Professor Karen Pelletier:
The Raven and the Nightingale“Richly textured ... witty and withering.”
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Mystery Lovers Bookshop NewsQuieter Than SleepNominated for the Agatha Award
“A truly stunning academic mystery.”
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Mystery Lovers Bookshop NewsThe Northbury Papers“One of the year’s best mysteries.”
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Salon magazine
Product Description
The Agatha Award-Nominated Author of
Quieter Than SleepProfessor Karen Pelletier has made a name for herself as one of the leading scholars of literature at exclusive Enfield College. But when an offhand comment sets off a firestorm of controversy, she finds herself embroiled in a scandal that began with a notorious novel from the 1950s — and ends with a very real murder....
When a
New York Times reporter ends an interview with Karen by asking her to name the best novel of the twentieth century, she glibly picks the steamy potboiler
Oblivion Falls, a long-forgotten tome that caused a sensation forty years ago.
After Karen’s comment renews interest in
Oblivion Falls, the book quickly climbs onto the bestseller charts — and now everyone wants to know what became of the book’s long-vanished author, Mildred Deakin. The reporter who broke the story finally tracks her down — and is rewarded for his efforts by being shot dead in the writer’s driveway.
When Mildred is arrested for murder, Karen feels obligated to investigate further. And what she discovers, as she probes the long-forgotten publishing drama surrounding
Oblivion Falls, is almost as shocking as the book itself — and far more deadly.
