When Janet Mandelbaum is made the first woman professor at Harvard's English Department, the men are not happy. They are unhappier still when her tea is spiked and she is found drunk on the floor of... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This book is a classic, both within the canon of feminist mystery writing and as a wicked roman a clef. The late Carolyn Heilbrun's Kate Fansler series has some duds in it, but this book is outstanding, as are Sweet Death, Kind Death (one title) and No Word from Winifred. In addition to its other virtues, the book provides a sadly accurate picture of the fragmentation of the women's movement in the early 80's.
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