"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
