The Northbury Papers (The Karen Pelletier Mysteries)

The Northbury Papers (The Karen Pelletier Mysteries) by Dobson, Joanne. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780553576610.

Teaching American womens literature at New Englands prestigious Enfield College has shown Karen Pelletier just how cutthroat the world of academe can be. But nothing in her tenure has prepared her for the perils to come, as this bastion of higher learning throws open its doors to a cleverly calculating killer. A battered copy of Charlotte Brontës Jane Eyre leads Professor Karen Pelletier to the long-forgotten novels of an obscure writer named Serena Northbury. When she decides to pen the authors biography, she sets off a raging controversy. Everyone, from her esteemed colleagues to her tyrannical department head, regards Northburys nineteenth-century writings as trash. But when the intrepid researcher stumbles upon a treasure trove of Northburys papers--including what looks very much like an unpublished novel--Karen knows she cannot quit, for what could be more thrilling? Unfortunately, someone takes exception to Karens penchant for digging up the past. Before long, she is the unlikely suspect in a homicide--and the target of an erudite killer who is poised to kill again.