Book Overview
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
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0553282085
ISBN13:9780553282085
Release Date:November 1989
Publisher:Crimeline
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.34 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 4.3" x 6.9"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
A mystery you'll love; a villian you will LOATH!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
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!
Great characters!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This was my very first Death on Demand mystery, but was not my last! I love the characters and I love mysteries - what could be better? I mystery laced with facts on other mysteries!
Very Enjoyable
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This is one of the best Death on Demand mysteries. One of the things that Carolyn does best is combine a little bit of humor with a little bit of mystery. She does that well in this book. Annie is teaching a class about three great mystery writers only to have her plans upset by three ladies of mystery. One is Annie's mother in law, as always, is delightful. Slightly off kilter and yet she is on the mark with most things. The other two are fans of mysteries and known for causing problesm where they go. Very good. Although it is usually easy to figure out who did it by the end of Carolyn Hart's books, it doesn't make it any less of an enjoyable read. THis is one of my favorite Death on Demand mysteries. As an added bonus, you get a lot of references to other mysteries that are good reads as well.
A Great Bibliography
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
You have to like mysteries about the field of mysteries or else the numerous allusions to other mysteries could be annoying. You do NOT need to have read other mysteries to read this one, however. The writer uses other titles to make comparisons, generally. I found it all fascinating and am whiling away a medical leave ordering titles I find mentioned. There are some real classics, many out of print but available used, that I never would have thought to look for. Hart's allusions extend outside the mystery field to jurisprudence, biography, and journalism, but the real meat is the mystery bibliography. The actual mystery is interesting, with lots of list writing and puzzling, livened up with eccentric characters. I particularly liked a very minor character, a befuddled student in a class on Mysteries who had never read one. One puzzle--why teach a course on mysteries in a journalism department? Only vaguely explained. An earlier reviewer mentioned bad language which puzzled me. I didn't notice any.
The best Annie and Max book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I enjoyed A Little Class on Murder more than any of the other Death on Demand books, and I love them all. This one was the most enjoyable to me because Henny, Miss Dora, and Laurel are all in Annie's class together. They have all wrecked havoc in Annie's life before, but it is when these three ladies form their own manic version of the 3 Musketeers that they really shine. Being in Grad school, I enjoyed reading a mystery set at a college campus. And, as always, Annie and Max are the perfect couple. Very fun!
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