When Princeton's first female president is strangled, Professor McLeod Delaney must face the administration's stonewalling and a host of shady suspects to discover who placed her highly-esteemed former colleague on permanent sabbatical.
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"Waldron kept me up late wondering which deftly positioned clues should be taken seriously and which dismissed as red herrings." -- Trenton Times, April 25, 2004
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Good for Tigers but otherwise I'd pass,
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This review is from: Death of a Princeton President (Princeton Murders) (Paperback)
This is the second book Waldron has written about McLeod Dulaney and Princeton. Waldron really did her homework on Princeton: all the details, about the people and places, are amazing and will keep any alum interested, but that's the only positive part of the book. The writing is stunted, particularly the dialogue. The main character is not a law enforcer of any sort and so it seems a bit farfetched that she would be able to do all of this detective work (although at least, that is addressed as the police lieutenant keeps telling her to stop). The plot twists are rather predictable, lots of clearly red herrings pointing to different suspects when I figured out who the real murderer was much earlier than she did. There's also a strangely characterized romance that didn't seem to have a reason to be there.
Basically, if you're looking for good literature, or a good murder mystery, look elsewhere. If you want to read a rather fun book about Princeton, especially as an alum, go ahead, but don't have terribly high expectations.
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Dink Stover Redux,
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Melissa Faircloth is the newly installed president of Princeton. When she is missing for three days, her daughter asks her nonfiction writing teacher, McLeod Dulaney, to find her. It is two years after McLeod's first stay in Princeton when she and her students solved a murder mystery. Presently McLeod is good friends with the president's assistant, George Bridges. McLeod is advised that the president's estranged husband, Clarence Robbins, is in Princeton and she arranges to see him. McLeod hears that the president is planning to fire the provost.
George and McLeod find Melissa Faircloth dead in her office. Afterwards a number of people agree that McLeod asks too many questions. A moviemaker has remained on campus after the spring break against the wishes of the late president. McLeod learns that her friend George is actually a murder suspect. Snapper soup is a specialty of the Nassau Club. McLeod eats there with a 1940 alumnus. George is put on administrative leave after an article in the Trenton Times lists him as a suspect. He is on paid leave, but is idle and frustrated until McLeod solves the mystery. A family member of mine notes the storytelling meanders. It is true that the writer takes her time. Basically she does a better than adequate job here.
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Change comes even to Princeton,
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This story is my favorite of the series. It's interesting to know more about Princeton and how things are changing there. When a woman becomes president of this institution, some people are not happy. And when she is found murdered, everyone is left wondering why. Our white haired heroine, McLeod, pursues answers and puts her own life at risk. The scary ending is one that could happen only at Princeton!
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WHEN MCLEOD DULANEY'S nonfiction writing class at Princeton University filed out at five o'clock on a March afternoon, Sophy Robbins stayed behind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Melissa Faircloth, Lowrie House, Max Bolt, Kenneth Coales, Clarence Robbins, Ken Coales, Nassau Hall, Nick Perry, Fletcher Prickett, George Bridges, Billy Masters, Martha Cowan, University Place, Nassau Street, New York, Princeton University, Caroline Coales, Sophy Robbins, That Woman, Trenton Times, Rosita Sanchez, Nassau Inn, Ann Waldron, Rabbit Hutch, Scott Fitzgerald New!
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WHEN MCLEOD DULANEY'S nonfiction writing class at Princeton University filed out at five o'clock on a March afternoon, Sophy Robbins stayed behind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Melissa Faircloth, Lowrie House, Max Bolt, Kenneth Coales, Clarence Robbins, Ken Coales, Nassau Hall, Nick Perry, Fletcher Prickett, George Bridges, Billy Masters, Martha Cowan, University Place, Nassau Street, New York, Princeton University, Caroline Coales, Sophy Robbins, That Woman, Trenton Times, Rosita Sanchez, Nassau Inn, Ann Waldron, Rabbit Hutch, Scott Fitzgerald New!
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- This Side Of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald on 8 pages
- The Way We Live Now (Oxford World's Classics) by Anthony Trollope on page 10, and page 59
- It Had to Be by Mary E. Hall on page 51, and page 55
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald on page 207
- Doctor Thorne (Oxford World's Classics) by Anthony Trollope on page 172
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- A Rare Murder In Princeton by Ann Waldron in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Unholy Death in Princeton (Princeton Murders) by Ann Waldron in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Death of a Turkey (Peggy Jean Turner Mysteries) by Kate Borden in Back Matter
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