The Dr. Alice Clarke (PhD), mysteries

Professor Alice Clarke’s carefully constructed life - safe, predictable, and lonely - is upended when she finds her colleague’s body just before an important meeting. Despite her willingness to help Detective Tracey Boucher solve the crime, Alice is worried she herself is the main suspect. Her long-ago vow to avoid frightening situations is tested to its limits as she resolves to establish her innocence by finding the killer herself.

Suspicious of several suddenly overly friendly colleagues, skeptical of a student’s motives, and shocked by the actions of the dead man’s wife, Alice is pushed toward danger. But is she any closer to finding the murderer?

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A superstar university researcher is found dead. The anxious and overly punctual professor Alice Clarke and her new colleague Phillip Eyer (who just wants a permanent job) find themselves pulled into the investigation led by Detective Tracey Boucher, who is boggled by the self-importance of many professors. A lovelorn postdoctoral fellow, a blowhard dean, an icy vice-president research, and a few colleagues who constantly mention poison are all acting very suspiciously. Can Alice and Phillip help Tracey figure out who did it before they are put in danger themselves?

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