Ann Waldron

Professor McLeod Dulaney always wondered about quiet, unassuming Greg Pierre, one of her start students. But when police interrupt her class to arrest him, it turns out he really is assuming--assuming a name, that is. Someone has tipped the authorities off that he--actually Bob Billings--was convicted of drug possession, broke parole, and forged documents to get into Princeton. Bob claims he was framed, but only McLeod has reason to believe his story of bad luck....

Even worse luck has befallen the chemistry grad student who outed Billings. He's found murdered in his lab. It's widely hypothesized that Billings is the culprit. Now McLeod must trace the clues left behind to find the killer's true identity.

A Rare Murder in Princeton

McLeod Dulaney has returned to Princeton as a visiting professor--and as a lifelong lover of the written word, she spends a good amount of time browsing the Rare Books collection, where she makes fast friends. But soon she finds one of her new friends murdered in an eighteenth-century study, and the murder weapon is missing.

To confuse matters further, McLeod learns that her temporary home was the site of a murder some years back, and everyone seems to have a different version of the story. A seasoned reporter, McLeod is intrigued and goes about investigating both murders. Could they have been connected? Only one thing is for sure--this is not murder by the book.