Synopses & Reviews
It was a bad day to find a corpse on campus. Preston Barclay is a self-made recluse (and he likes it that way). Teaching college history allows him time to grieve the loss of his pianist wife and find relief from the musical hallucinations that have been playing in his head since her death. But when he and headstrong colleague, Mara Thorn, discover the body of another instructor on campus, Press’s monotonous solitude is shaken up. When the preliminary evidence singles out Press and Mara, they must take some chances, including trusting each other, to build their own defense by bending the rules just a little bit. They form an unlikely alliance to stay ahead of the police, the college’s wary and incompetent administration, and whoever is trying to get away with murder. Or else they both might end up unemployed, behind bars, or worse...
Synopsis
Preston (Press) Barclay wants to go on teaching history. Unfortunately, he and Mara Thorn, a headstrong Wiccan professor of comparative religions, stumble across the dead body of a colleague. Jointly accused, Mara and Press team up to find the murderer before the police can build a case against them. Can this ill-matched pair prevail against the police, the murderer, and–even worse–the college administration?
About the Author
DONN TAYLOR (B.A., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., University of Texas) served in both the Korean and Vietnam War and worked with air reconnaissance in Europe and Asia. For 18 years he taught literature and history of ideas at Wayland Baptist University in Texas and Jamestown (ND) College. He is the author of Rhapsody in Red, The Lazarus File, and Dust and Diamond: Poems of Earth and Beyond. He and his wife live near Houston and have three children and several grandchildren.