The Corpse in the Trash Room
By Colette Tajemna
In a college dorm in the late Seventies, seven hallmates hold a funeral for a pet hamster, only to stumble upon a body ...
Startled but not exactly sorrowful at finding their unpopular dorm preceptor slumped atop a garbage can in the trash room, Keith and his friends can’t resist investigating, and set to questioning a quirky set of potential witnesses and suspects. Could the killer be a fellow student? A member of the faculty or staff? The provost? Might it even be one of their friends?
Keith and his pals must navigate college politics, unruly druggies, and lesbian separatists in order to uncover the truth.
When a story opens with a wake for a dead hamster that produces a corpse of the human variety, you suspect you’re in for a romp. And that’s what Colette Tajemna provides in this witty story that is part farce and every bit a satisfying mystery. I laughed as I puzzled out this masterful whodunit. —James H Lewis, author of the Chief Novak series
Fans of Sarah Caudwell will especially enjoy this clever mystery with its academic setting and subtle wit. —Carolyn Korsmeyer, author of Little Follies: A Mystery at the Millennium
Funny, and at times nostalgic, author Colette Tajemna balances the sociological examination of a generation and a time with a good, old-fashioned mystery worthy of Agatha Christie—suspect after suspect pinpointed and then cast aside as the students barrel toward a satisfying denouement, wisecracking along the way. — Steven Mayfield, award winning author of The Penny Mansions and Treasure of the Blue Whale
[T]he story unfolds with the charm and humor of a Jane Austen novel, drawing you in deeper with every turn of the page. Prepare to be captivated as the truth behind this gripping mystery reveals itself in a twist you never saw coming. —Roslyn Reid, author of A Scandal at Crystalline and The Spiricom
ISBN: 978-1-961852-07-5 (paperback)
Cut size: 5.25" x 8"
Length: 230 pages
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Product code: O004
Price: $17.95
