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Murder by the book / Amie Schaumberg.
"Near a small college campus, a student is found strangled in an abandoned barn on the outskirts of town. She's been posed to look like a painting of Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet, the scene taunting the police with a message they don't understand. Detective Ian Carter is known as a straitlaced cop, but seeing the girl's body leaves him shaken and uncertain of where to turn until a chance meeting with a charmingly awkward literature professor ends with her accidentally seeing, and solving, a clue left by the killer"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780778387503 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 337 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Mira Books, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
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| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Schau | 31681010431112 | FICTION | Checked out | 02/06/2026 |
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Detective Ian Carter is shaken by a studentâs dead body posed like Hamletâs Ophelia, and when a chance meeting with literature professor Emma Reilly ends with her accidentally solving the killerâs clue, she turns to the books she loves for the key to unraveling the crime. - Harlequin
Two dead students. A coded reference to Shakespeare. And the promise of darker things to come.
Near a small college campus, a student is found strangled in an abandoned barn on the outskirts of town. She's been posed to look like a painting of Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet, the scene taunting the police with a message they don't understand. Detective Ian Carter is known as a straitlaced cop, but seeing the girl's body leaves him shaken and uncertain of where to turnâuntil a chance meeting with a charmingly awkward literature professor ends with her accidentally seeing, and solving, a clue left by the killer.
Professor Emma Reilly knows that the books she loves might hold the key to unraveling the killer's crimes now that a second murder has been discovered, with the victim posed as the Lady of Shalott this time. However, when the murderer strikes too close to home and kills a third student, one from Emmaâs classes, she realizes that the safety of her insular life might be nothing more than an illusion. She must find the strength to confront a killer who is turning the stories she loves into lurid scenes of death.
Amie Schaumberg has crafted a smart, thrilling and utterly compelling mystery that will have you trying to figure out whodunit right up until the end.
