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Praise for the Nick Hoffman Series

"The Borgias would not be bored at the State University of Michigan, that snake pit of academic politics."
-New York Times Book Review

"Deliciously wicked."
-Washington Post Book World

"Lev Raphael skewers academic pretensions with wicked glee [and] Dickensian flair."
-Chicago Sun-Times

Lev Raphael offers "a delightful take on death in academe."
-San Francisco Chronicle

"The groves of academe have never been bitchier."
-Denver Post

A "witty and devastating backstage view of college life."
-San Diego Union-Tribune

"Some of the most pointed and funny put-downs of academics in my memory."
-Detroit Free Press

"The author's specialty is wild, funny blends of scholarly intrigue and delicious satire."
-Buffalo News

Raphael "elegantly skewers ivory-tower pretensions, petty politics, incompetencies and hypocrisies."
-Booklist

"Darkly amusing....sneaky, subversive fun."
-Publisher's Weekly

Lev Raphael combines "stylish literary mystery with an intimate look at the jungle of academia....witty, impeccably written."
-The Mystery Review

"Marvelous humor and satisfying mystery....wickedly fun."
-Drood Review of Mystery

"Bright, breezy, and laugh-aloud funny."
-Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

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