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Let's Get Criminal
Hardcover
Series: A Nick Hoffman / Academic Mystery, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher Price: $36.95
ISBN13: 9781959902287
Publisher: Requeered Tales
Published: Sep 9 2025
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A Nick Hoffman / Academic Mystery, Book 1 - Nick Hoffman has everything he's ever wanted: a good teaching job, a beautiful house, and a solid relationship with his lover, Stefan Borowski, a brilliant novelist and writer-in-residence at the State University of Michigan. But when Perry Cross shows up, Nick's peace of mind is shattered. Not only does he have to share his office with the nefarious Perry, who managed to weasel his way into a tenured position without the right qualifications, he also discovers that Perry played a destructive role in Stefan's past. When Perry turns up dead, Nick wonders if Stefan might be involved, while the campus police force is wondering the same about Nick.
Originally published in 1996, this first book in the Nick Hoffman Academic Mystery series includes a new foreword by the author.
Deliciously wicked... The perfect book to take away for a weekend in the country... a genuinely funny modern comedy of manners. - Washington Post Book World
The Borgias would not be bored at the State University of Michigan, that snake pit of academic politics. - New York Times Book Review
Clever and sharp social satire. - Los Angeles Times
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
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
Raphael elegantly skewers ivory-tower pretensions, petty politics, incompetencies and hypocrisies. - Booklist
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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