A review by ajcousins
Quieter than Sleep by Joanne Dobson

4.0

I wrote what I must say was a very charming fan letter to the author after first reading this book and received a lovely post card from her in return. :) An academic murder mystery, this series is clearly written by someone familiar with the MHC/Amherst/Williams, western Massachusetts, small, private liberal arts college world. It was like revisiting my college years, with a fun and literary murder mystery thrown in. The perfect mystery series for an English or American lit major, where two of the main characters (a professor and a cop) come from very blue-collar backgrounds that give them the outsiders' perspective on the academic world in which they are now teaching/crime-solving. Much fun.