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Let's Get Criminal by Lev Raphael, author of Hot Rocks, Tropic of Murder, Burning Down the House, Little Miss Evil, The Death of a Constant Lover and The Edith Wharton Murders Curiosity turns to obsession at the State University of Michigan. Professor Nick Hoffman can't understand how his supercilious new office mate Perry Cross beat out other candidates for the brand new position in Canadian Studies. How did Cross get hired when he's under-qualified? Just as troubling, Nick discovers that Cross's past intersects with his own in disturbing ways. When Cross is found dead and the verdict is murder, Nick becomes a prime suspect since he was one of the last people to see Cross the evening he was killed. Nick has no choice but to investigate on his own. Lethe Press, ISBN 978-1590212042, $15 Buy the Paperback Buy the eBook Buy the Kindle edition From the book: Serena Fisch usually greeted me in a throaty, ironic way, as if she felt sorry for me, new in the department, not yet tuned into the various allegiances, not yet fully versed in the complex and overlapping histories that were Balkan and Byzantine. I often expected her to chuck me under the chin and murmur how sorry she was for me--just on general principles. Serena made me think of words like "dame," "skirt," "tomato," because she dressed like one of the Lost Andrews Sisters. She wore wide-shouldered suits and chunky shoes like theirs, had her jet black dyed hair elaborately coiled and piled, and strode down the hallway a little uncertainly, as if unsure whether to jitterbug or slink. A delightful take on death in the halls of academia. The Boston Globe Lev Raphael delivers literate, witty, suspenseful goods. Publishers Weekly Well-drawn characters make a delicious list of suspects and victims. Faye Kellerman, author of Justice Back to The LEV Page All text copyright © 1997-2009 by Lev Raphael.