Squabbles at a large state university turn deadly when professor of education Susan Lombardi joins
a committee charged with making a tenure decision about Abby Gillette, a controversial faculty
member. After one colleague is hospitalized following a suspicious fire and another is found dead in
Abby's office, Susan must try to figure out who is doing what to whom…without becoming the next
victim. At the same time, she must deal with her husband's highly dysfunctional family and help a
friend handle a questionable romance. An intelligent, warm-hearted mystery that is as charming
as it is enthralling.