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Death by Committee

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If you've ever been forced to sit on a committee--and let's face it, who hasn't?--you know the feeling of wanting to murder at least a couple of the other participants. Well, what if that actually happened, and an innocent colleague was wrongly accused? Susan Lombardi to the rescue once again. You'll laugh out loud as the author skewers the committee process and steers the intrepid Connecticut college professor to a satisfying conclusion. Loved it.

Is there a worse torture than being stuck on a committee? Being forced to smile politely as fools blather away and sententious nonsense is expounded ad nauseam? Well, it could be an academic committee, where the rigid Political Correctness of today meets the rigid pure curriculum of yesteryear. And then ... one of the committee members could be murdered. If our heroine doesn't manage to extricate herself altogether, she at least pulls her colleagues--her innocent colleagues--out of this last circle of hell, and that makes for a great story!

Professor Susan Lombardi vowed when she got tenure that she wouldn't be on any more committee at the college. Unfortunately she gets asked to be on the committee to decide tenure for Abby Gillette. Abby is a very controversial teacher. Susan's will be the deciding vote.

A group of supporters of Abby's start causing trouble on the campus. And when a suspicious fire sends one of the committee members to the hospital and then another is found dead in Abby's office, Susan must try to find out who is behind all this. Could it be the group of supporters?

Susan begins to dig deeper into everything to try to sort things out. Can she do so without becoming the next victim?

I really enjoy this series. Susan is such a fun character. The college campus setting is so entertaining. It's a great cozy and you'll devour it in no time! I highly recommend this book.