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Murder by the book / Amie Schaumberg.

Schaumberg, Amie, (author.).

Summary:

"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]
Subject: Detectives > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Serial murder investigation > Fiction.
Serial murderers > Fiction.
Universities and colleges > Fiction.
Women college teachers > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.

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  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch FIC Schau 31681010431112 FICTION Checked out 10/09/2025

Summary: "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"--

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