&quot;If by some cruel oversight you haven't discovered Amanda Cross, you have an uncommon pleasure in store for you.&quot;<br>THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW<br>When Clare College's resident eccentric Patrice Umphelby is found drowned in the campus lake, it's called a suicide. But the college president grows suspicious and calls in noted professor/detective Kate Fansler to research the matter. Ingratiating herself with her academic colleagues to learn more about Patrice's life, Kate digs up the evidence she needs to understand her death....<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>