Matricide At St. Martha's (2002) - Plot & Excerpts
Various factions at a women's college in Cambridge (The Dykes-the young women fellows who want a womyn's studies center, The Virgins-the older fellows who want to concentrate on scholarship, and The Old Women-the male fellows who just want some nicer amenities like a decent wine cellar) are fighitng over a bequest from an old girl and Robert is called in by a loud and profane former colleague, Ida "Jack" Troutbeck, to help ferret out some info. Soon after he arrives violence occurs which leads to murder and mayhem. Very funny look at some of the excesses of political correctness on the campus
If for some reason you want to read this book, don't expect a British cozy. This one is far from it. It is set at St. Martha's College, and the matricide refers to the death of the College's mistress. Set against a backdrop of warring factions on campus, the mystery, of course, is who killed the Mistress?I didn't exactly love this book, but it was okay. I'm not really sure I'd recommend it except to really diehard British mystery fans. At times it was very long winded and I just wanted to get through it; the scenes of politics and the move to extreme political correctness were kind of funny.
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