A college coed is found brutally murdered in her dorm room and SFPD inspector Meg McCafferty suspects the perpetrator might be an esteemed faculty member with an improper penchant for petite blondes.
More Reviews and RecommendationsBorn and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Annette Burget Bailey is a former Los Angeles Daily News community editor and STAR magazine reporter. Bailey's previous works include BLONDE AMBITION and POSTMORTEM. She is a member of Sisters in Crime/ Los Angeles Chapter and resides in the nearby suburbs with her husband Bob.
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May 09, 2006: When college freshman Sarah Sinclair is found murdered in her dorm room, SFPD inspector Meg McCafferty and her partner Mitch Harris are promptly summoned to the grisly scene. Upon arrival, they discover a note that reads: Professor Monroe, 7 pm and a missing page from a dictionary with the word academic circled in bright red ink. With Professor Marshall Monroe as their primary person of interest, Meg and Mitch set off to uncover the truth. But the plot only thickens as Monroe?s soon-to-be ex-wife enters the scene, and Meg is thrown into an unfamiliar world where good and evil collide and no one appears to be what he seems? With a strong cast of characters and a heart-pounding plot, Bailey leads readers through the streets of San Francisco straight into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Definition Murder is a gripping novel that will surely satisfy any mystery fan.