The mysterious death or a young scientist in the western desert, Harvard University politics: inexplicable data left in the dead man's computer: an all too handsome German museum curator.
Add Calista Jacobs, the young, irresistible widow who discovers that her adored husband was murdered and sets out to track down his killer. Add her young son, Charley, lively and showing signs of his fathers scientific brilliance. What emerges is a fascinating story of murder, intrigue, and corruption in he academic world unraveled by a heroine of uncommon appeal.
Here is a deft, wholly engrossing novel by a superior writer who after winning awards for her children's books, now turns to a story of upper-bracket violence behind the sedate facade of the scientific world of a great university. It is impressive at every level, and those who fail to fall in love with the central character are immune indeed.
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