Blunt instrument
(2026)
Fiction
Large Type
Call Numbers:
NEW LARGE TYPE/MYSTERY/BLOOM,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2026
©2026
©2026
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION
351 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781420536362, 1420536362, 9781420536362, 1420536362
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"The case of the bludgeoned lecturer has all of Cromwell University reeling. The murder weapon--a bust of Nathaniel Hawthorne--does seem to indicate that the attack may have been academically motivated. Enter Dell Chandler, the failed English professor turned self-taught private detective whom Dr. Cutty calls in to investigate the crime. She has the background to tease out the motives among the staff and just enough experience to conduct a thorough inquiry. If she solves the case before the cops do, the university could keep the whole thing quiet. But to do so, she'll have to dodge her own demons from her past life as a disgraced academic"--