Carole B. Shmurak

Death by Committee: a Susan Lombardi Mystery Carole B. Shmurak

Faculty squabbling at a large state university turns deadly when professor of education Susan Lombardi joins a committee to make a tenure decision about Abby Gillette, a controversial faculty member. After one colleague is hospitalized following a suspicious fire and another is found dead in Abby's office, Susan must try to figure out who is doing what to whom...without becoming the next victim. At the same time, she must deal with her husband's highly dysfunctional family and help a friend handle a questionable romance. "The writing is beautifully readable. smooth and evocative, without a wasted word." - Kim Malo, MyShelf.com.   "An entertaining and illuminating look into academic in-fighting at its most brutal."  - Betty Webb, Mystery Scene Magazine.