"Ivy halls are often a choice setting for literate suspense, but this creakily plotted debut flunks out—with stilted dialogue, oversized cardboard characters (like Laszlo's helpmeet, a morose gypsy clairvoyant), and a completely unconvincing rendition of turmoil in academia."
Responding to an emergency call for help from her best pal, fledgling Portland (Ore.) detective Athena Dawes drives 600 miles south—only to find friend Suzie Frazier comatose, nearly beaten to death in her California home.
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