Murder in Disguise by Donn Taylor

Murder in Disguise(Lamplighter Mysteries, October 2017)

Official verdict: Suicide.

But why would that vigorous department chairman kill himself? To avoid disgrace? Those rumored ventures on the dark side? Some other secret life? Visiting professor Preston Barclay wonders. But his questions bring no answers, only anonymous threats. He has enough problems already, proving himself on a strange campus while radical faculty do all they can to undermine him. Worse yet, that sexy siren assigned as his assistant complicates his courtship of the beautiful Mara Thorn.

While Press keeps asking questions, Mara’s research reveals a cancer of criminal activity that permeates the community and even the campus itself. The more Press questions, the more dangerous the threats against him become, and the more determined he grows to clear his friend’s name.

But can Press and Mara’s stumbling efforts prevail against the entrenched forces of the police, the campus radicals, and an unseen but powerful criminal organization that increasingly puts their lives in danger…?

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{MORE ABOUT DONN TAYLOR}

With a PhD in English literature (Renaissance), Donn Taylor taught literature for 18 years at two liberal arts colleges. Now retired, he has published suspense novels, mysteries, and poetry. His historical novel “Lightning on a Quiet Night” was a finalist for the 2015 Selah Awards. He is a frequent speaker at writers’ conferences. In a prior incarnation, he led an Infantry rifle platoon in the Korean War, served with Army aviation in Vietnam, and worked with air reconnaissance in Europe and Asia. He now lives in the woods near Houston, TX, where he writes fiction, poetry, and essays on current topics.

Find out more about Donn at http://www.donntaylor.com.

My Take:  This was a very enjoyable book.  I like reading books that have older characters that are not treated like they are less than others in the society.  This book has two older main characters who are professors.  These professors are guest teaching at a university that they were asked by the dean.  since the invitation the dean has died and everyone thinks he committed suicide except for his wife and since these two professors have solved crimes in the past the dean's wife wants them to prove that he was murdered and that he didn't commit suicide.  I like this series as it is nice and clean and you really don't have have read the previous books to be able to read the current book.  Nice mystery not easily solved. 

I received a review copy of this book from Litfuse in exchange for my honest opinion.