tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post585342109649266276..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: It's Academic!Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50305361074305646662017-11-09T17:57:06.550-05:002017-11-09T17:57:06.550-05:00One of the series of the wonderful Paula Gosling w...One of the series of the wonderful Paula Gosling was based in Michigan and about a college professor. Anything by her is well worth a read. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157117694596384720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-22955276313479264002017-11-09T15:04:52.599-05:002017-11-09T15:04:52.599-05:00Miranda James Cat in...series set in a college tow...Miranda James Cat in...series set in a college town, mainly in the libraryEllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418216680669856292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-5041889589687147972017-06-14T09:00:11.273-04:002017-06-14T09:00:11.273-04:00Barb! Thanks so much. Currently mulling over a ne...Barb! Thanks so much. Currently mulling over a new Alison story and so glad she made your list! MaggieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00731403688543411531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-64848777663677372242017-06-13T23:49:04.637-04:002017-06-13T23:49:04.637-04:00Abbey and Mel, thanks for your suggestions. So man...Abbey and Mel, thanks for your suggestions. So many books to read! Yay!Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70353893763317807172017-06-13T22:08:23.513-04:002017-06-13T22:08:23.513-04:00Mary Stewart's My Brother Michael. (spoiler a...Mary Stewart's My Brother Michael. (spoiler alert) Stewart created the perfect hero in Simon. The classics prof who, when the chips are down, can defend himself and his woman in kill or be killed, hand to hand combat. My kind of guy. (swoon) Melodie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870938103759179132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-57724775141542864652017-06-13T21:51:19.292-04:002017-06-13T21:51:19.292-04:00just remembered, somebody mentioned Josephine Tey&...just remembered, somebody mentioned Josephine Tey's very well-known DAUGHTER OF TIME as being sort-of academic (hospital-set but scholarly), right? IMO her very best novel is MISS PYM DISPOSES, about the odd and frequently nasty goings-on at an elite girls' school. The dynamics and interpersonal relationships between the students, within the faculty, and also between both camps, are superbly chilling! The titular Miss Pym is a genteel and submissive teacher who comes to realize she has a great deal of power over people's lives....<br /><br />It's subtly drawn, and very chilling. Abbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074750100009800321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-18304418239647037882017-06-13T21:42:09.519-04:002017-06-13T21:42:09.519-04:00Charlotte Macleod's "Peter Shandy" s...Charlotte Macleod's "Peter Shandy" series, about a TOTALLY bizarre faculty in a preposterous (but lovely!) agricultural college in western Massachusetts... firmly, no, beYOND that, tongue-in-cheek! He's a botanist and researcher, his wife an academic librarian and English teacher. <br /><br />Concur re Amanda Cross and Sayers. Good stuff. <br /><br />I knew there was one more: Ruth Dudley Edwards' "Baroness Jack" series, oh, boy, is SHE a piece'o'work! well, actually she doesn't show up until the fifth book in the "Robert Amiss, civil servant/PI" series, but then she pretty much RULES! It's called MATRICIDE AT ST. MARTHA'S (College). Caveat: while she and the series continue for several books more, and she continues as Mistress of the College, the majority of the stories are not academically set. <br /><br />aren't at least some of the Jane Haddam "Gregor Demarkian" series set in schools? The early in the series Halloween-themed one, I remember, (she was still centering the series around holidays then); and a much later, extremely well-reviewed one about a Headmaster, and/or his wife??! <br />aha, found the info: 1991's QUOTH THE RAVEN #4, at a small Pennsylvania college. and 2004's THE HEADMASTER'S WIFE #20.Abbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074750100009800321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-74713367708275125302017-06-13T19:17:05.769-04:002017-06-13T19:17:05.769-04:00I read Lori Rader-Day's first book. Good book....I read Lori Rader-Day's first book. Good book. All the rest of these mentioned books ... well, I have a lot of reading to do, clearly. Thanks for the tips, Steve, Cynthia, Bonnie, Valerie, and Karen.Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-57158919932422264602017-06-13T18:57:50.044-04:002017-06-13T18:57:50.044-04:00Lori Rader-Day's first novel, The Black Hour, ...Lori Rader-Day's first novel, The Black Hour, is a great on-campus thriller. And for something really different involving an English prof run amuck, Unreliable by Lee Irby.Karen S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-47642887674645787172017-06-13T17:50:05.378-04:002017-06-13T17:50:05.378-04:00B.K.,
Yes! Josephine Tey.
The Daughter of Time i...B.K.,<br />Yes! Josephine Tey. <br /><br />The Daughter of Time is certainly academic, trying to solve the mystery of the princes in the tower under Richard III.<br /><br />How did I leave that out?<br />Steve Liskowhttp://www.steveliskow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-28120535976428222002017-06-13T17:07:22.888-04:002017-06-13T17:07:22.888-04:00I love books by Amanda Cross, the pen name of Caro...I love books by Amanda Cross, the pen name of Carolyn Heilbrun, Columbia professor. Valerie Horowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240870286039712928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-56032790324754996102017-06-13T15:59:30.112-04:002017-06-13T15:59:30.112-04:00Interesting post, Barb. I definitely have to echo ...Interesting post, Barb. I definitely have to echo Janice's and Art's praise of Gaudy Night--it's my favorite mystery novel of all time, the one that turned me into a mystery reader and (eventually) writer. Your post also sparked memories of a wonderful academic mystery by Josephine Tey, Miss Pym Disposes. I read it a long, long time ago and don't remember it clearly--this exchange has made me want to read it again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673578800047888317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-87957142322012920982017-06-13T15:27:32.811-04:002017-06-13T15:27:32.811-04:00Oh Steve, I just saw yours. YES to Amanda Cross!
...Oh Steve, I just saw yours. YES to Amanda Cross!<br /><br />And I do count Possession as a mystery. They're sleuthing...scholars. :) Cynthia Kuhnhttp://cynthiakuhn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-49677586975160708212017-06-13T15:24:21.762-04:002017-06-13T15:24:21.762-04:00Thank you for including me, Barb! So kind. And I a...Thank you for including me, Barb! So kind. And I agree with you on the others you listed--enjoyed them all. (The only one there I haven't read is John M. Floyd, and I will add to the TBR list promptly. Thanks for the rec.)<br /><br />My list of favorites is very long--I'm admittedly obsessed with academic mystery--but it would include the Kate Fansler series by Amanda Cross, the Karen Pelletier series by Joanne Dobson, and the Murder 101 series by Maggie Barbieri. Standalones: almost everything by Carol Goodman, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Possession by AS Byatt, and Book: A Novel by Robert Grudin. <br /><br />I'm sure I'm forgetting something... :)Cynthia Kuhnhttp://cynthiakuhn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-38210981817633923482017-06-13T13:33:16.419-04:002017-06-13T13:33:16.419-04:00I still love Kingsfield in The Paper Chase. He was...I still love Kingsfield in The Paper Chase. He was a complete SOB, but he was never wrong. Every teacher I knew watched the series just to see a teacher who was respected and revered for his competence and principles at a time when were were getting bombarded on every side.<br /><br />Does anyone else remember the Amanda Cross mysteries? I read a couple years ago and remember few details except that the character was a college professor (English, maybe?) and the stories often involved literature or some other academic subject.<br /><br />Would Possession by A. S. Byatt qualify? It's not a mystery per se, but it's definitely academic. I'll probably think of a dozen other suggestions as soon as I post this...Steve Liskowhttp://www.steveliskow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-14322385880760049502017-06-13T13:22:53.475-04:002017-06-13T13:22:53.475-04:00I have so much to read and to add to my TBR room. ...I have so much to read and to add to my TBR room. Thanks for weighing in, Janice, Art, and John, with your good ideas. More, please!Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-14430419729958049972017-06-13T10:45:23.950-04:002017-06-13T10:45:23.950-04:00Barb, I loved this--great list. And thank you for...Barb, I loved this--great list. And thank you for mentioning my book! Those little "series" mystery stories are a lot of fun to write. <br /><br />Leigh, I have both <i>The Name of the Rose</i> and <i>The Rule of Four</i> sitting right here on my shelves. And if you liked <i>The Rule of Four</i> you'll also like Caldwell's <i>The Fifth Gospel</i>.<br /><br />One more thing: John Keating is the role I like to remember when I think of Robin Williams. John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-58461635668812481542017-06-13T09:17:57.786-04:002017-06-13T09:17:57.786-04:00Janice beat me to it! Gaudy Night is tops--not a p...Janice beat me to it! Gaudy Night is tops--not a professor as sleuth, but the setting is so richly academic. One of my favorite Ross Macdonald novels, The Chill, is also set in part on a college campus. I'll try to think of others.....<br /><br />Fun post here, Barb!Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-64995656558033885772017-06-13T08:23:40.487-04:002017-06-13T08:23:40.487-04:00Don't forget to add Gaudy Night, the great Dor...Don't forget to add Gaudy Night, the great Dorothy Sayers mystery to your excellent list.janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-37615242011870048882017-06-13T02:08:49.138-04:002017-06-13T02:08:49.138-04:00TRoF is supposedly based on Princeton. The tunnels...TRoF is supposedly based on Princeton. The tunnels have a real feel in the story. Perhaps the weakest part is the murder itself, but the academic mystery is terrific.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-79729374890090040552017-06-13T01:34:18.996-04:002017-06-13T01:34:18.996-04:00I think I own a copy of The Rule of Four, but I ha...I think I own a copy of The Rule of Four, but I haven't read it yet.Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-71417349593015230322017-06-13T01:00:59.988-04:002017-06-13T01:00:59.988-04:00Perhaps my favorite: Ian Caldwell & Dustin Tho...Perhaps my favorite: Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason‘s <i>The Rule of Four</i><br /><br />also: Umberto Eco’s <i>The Name of the Rose</i>Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.com