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A Bit of Whimsey Continued: Mysteries and Academia

 

We need your help. If you can fill in any of the blanks or provide titles please email us at Sally.Kuhlenschmidt@wku.edu. We'd also like to provide a bibliography of non-mystery fiction set in academia. Suggestions are appreciated. Enjoy!
Index by Authors
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Author Title  Pub., Year Main Character Field of Study University, Location
I-M Innes, Michael The Paper Thunderbolt Dodd Mead, 1951 Oxford, England
Innes, Michael The Weight of the Evidence Dodd Mead, 1943 England
James, PD An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Scribner, 1972 Cambridge, England
James, Susan Foul Deeds New York: St. Martin's, 1989 Polly Winslaid
Janeshutz, Trish In Shadow Ballantine, 1985 FL
Jevons, Marshall (series) Murder at the Margin Thomas Horton & Daughters, 1978 Henry Spearman Economics Harvard
Jones, D.J.H. (series) Murder at the MLA  University of Georgia, 1993 Nancy Cook Literature Yale, IL
Jones, D.J.H. Murder in the New Age University of New Mexico Press, 1997 Nancy Cook Literature Yale, IL
Jordan, Cathleen A Carol in the Dark Dell, 1984 Will Gray History Crosscreek University, SD
Keech, Scott Ciphered 1980 Midwest
Kelly, Nora In the Shadow of Kings St Martin's, 1984 Gillian Adams History Cambridge, England
Kelly, Nora My Sister's Keeper St Martins, 1992 Gillian Adams History University of Pacific NW, Canada
Kelly, Susan The Gemini Man Walker, 1985 Liz Connors English MA
Kelly, Susan The Summertime Soldiers Walker, 1986
Kemelman, Harry That Day the Rabbi Left Town Fawcett, 1996 Rabbi David Small Judaic Philosophy Windermere College, MA
Kemelman, Harry Nine Mile Walk Putnam, 1967 Nicky Welt English Literature MA
Kenny, Susan (series) Graves in Academe Viking, 1985 Roz Howard English Literature Maine
Kiny, CD Obelists At Sea Knopf, 1933 Dr. Pons Psychology
Knight, Clifford The Affair of the Scarlet Crab Dodd Mean, 1937 Biology / Botany Galapagos Islands
Knight, Katherine L (series) Trace Elements Norton, 1986 Calista Jacobs Harvard, MA
Koehler, CJ Mind Games Carrol-Graf, 1996
Kupfer, Fern Love Lies Simon - Schuster, 1994
Kyd, Thomas Blood is a Beggar Lippincott, 1946 English PA
Lachnit, Carroll Murder in Brief Berkley, 1995 Hannah Barlow Law CA
Lait, Robert Switched Out MacGibbon - Kee, 1972 Cambridge, England
Lake, MD (series) Poisoned Ivy Avon, 1992 Peggy O'Neil Security U. of Minnesota
Lake, MD (above series) Amends for Murder Avon, 1989 Peggy O'Neil Security U. of Minnesota
Langley, Lee Dead Center
Langton, Jane God in Concord Penguin, 1992
Langton, Jane Natural Enemy Ticknor & Fields, 1982
Langton, Jane The Memorial Hall Murder Victor Gollancz, 1978
Langton, Jane (series) The Transcendental Murder Harper, 1964 Homer Kelly  American Literature Harvard, MA
LaRoche, K. Alison Dear Dead Professor Crestwood, 1947 Rufus Jones Chemistry Roseview College
Levi, Peter (series) Grave Witness 1985 Ben Johnson Anthropology Oxford
Levine, Peter Something to Hide St Martin's, 1996 Zach Blumberg Graduate student Yale
Long, Amelia Reynolds The Shakespeare Murders Phoenix Press, 1939 'Doc' Shelley English Dept
Lorens, MK (series) Sweet Narcissus Bantam, 1990 Winston Sherman English Literature New York
MacDonald, Ross The Dark Tunnel 1944 Pacific Point College
MacDonald, Ross The Chill 1964
Mackay, Amanda Death is Academic McKay, 1976 Hannah Land Political Science Duke University, NC
MacLeod, Charlotte (series) Rest You Merry Doubleday, 1978 Peter Shandy Agriculture Balaclava Ag College, MA
Mann, Jessica Grave Goods Doubleday, 1985
Mann, Jessica (series) Troublecross McKay, 1972 Thea Crawford Archaeology Cambridge, England
Mant, Janice MacDonald The Next Margaret Borgo, 1995 Randy Craig student, Literature Canada
Mariz, Linda French Body English 1992 Laura Ireland graduate student University of Washington, WA
Masterman, JC An Oxford Tragedy Gollancz, 1933 Ernest Brendel Oxford, England
Mathews, Anthony Death has Green Fingers Walker, 1971 England
McCall, Wendell Concerto in Dead Flat:a Chris Klick Novel June 1999 Chris Klick music/writing Oxford
McCormick, Claire Resume for Murder Walker, 1982 Career Placement Witherspoon College, New Arcady, PA
McCrumb, Sharyn Bimbos of the Death Sun Windwalker, 1987 Jay Owens Mega Engineering "Tech" 
McFall, Patricia Night Butterfly 1992 Nora James graduate student, Linguistics Japan
McInerny, Ralph (series) The Search Committee Athenum, 1991 Matthew Rogerson Philosophy University of Ohio, OH
Meredith, DR Murder by Impulse Ballantine, 1987 Lydia Fairchild Law Southern Methodist University, TX
Meyerding, Jane Everywhere House New Victoria, 1994 Terry Barber (student) Philosophy University of WA, Seattle
Miner, Valerie Murder in the English Department 1983 Nan Weaver English UC Berkley, CA
Morrah, Dermot The Mummy Case Mystery Oxford, England
Morson, Ian (series) Falconer's Crusade St Martin's, 1995 William Falconer Philosophy Oxford, England
N-R
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Author Title  Pub., Year Main Character Field of Study University, Location
Nash, Simon (series) Dead of a Counterplot 1962 Adam Ludlow English England
Neel, Janet Death Among the Dons Simon - Schuster, 1993 Francesca Wilson Bursar Gladstone College, England
R Nevins, Francis M. Publish and Perish 1975 Law
O'Marie, Sister Carol Anne (series) A Novena for Murder Dell, 1984 Sister Mary Helen History/Researcher Mount St. Francis College for Women, San Francisco, CA
Oleksiw, Susan Double Take Scribners, 1993 Preston H. Mattson Painting Dept. Massasoit College of Art
Olsen, DB Love Me in Death Doubleday, 1951 Prof Pennyfeather English Literature Clarendon
Patrick, Quentin Murder at Cambridge Farrar, 1933 Hillary Fenton, student English All Saint's Colllege, Cambridge
Parker, Robert B The Godwulf Manuscript Houghton, 1973 Library  MA
Penn, John Death's Long Shadow Harper Collins, 1991 Oxford, England
Peters, Elizabeth (series) Crocodile on the Sandbank Dodd Mead, 1975 Emerson Radcliffe Archaeology, Linguistics England
Peters, Elizabeth (series) Borrower of the Night Dodd Mead, 1973 Vicky Bliss History Germany
Peters, Elizabeth The Mummy Case Congdon & Weed, Inc., 1985
Peterson, Audrey (series) Dartmoor Burial Pocket, 1992 Claire Camden English Literature CA
Peterson, Audrey (series) Nocturne Murder Arbor House, 1987 Jane Winfield Music, History England
Peterson, Bernard The Caravaggio Books Harper/Collins, 1992 Philip Constanza (det.) Kingsford University
Petrie, Rona (series) Foreign Bodies Gollancz, 1967 Nassim Pride Science
Postgate, Raymond Ledger is Kept Joseph, 1953 Oxford, England
Purtill, Richard MurderCon 1982 Athena Pierce Philosophy Washington State U.
Raphael, Lev Let's Get Criminal St Martin's, 1996 Nick Hoffman English, American Studies State University of Michigan
Rees, Dilwyn The Cambridge Murders Gollancz, 1954 or 45 Sir Richard Charrington Archaeology Fisher College, Cambridge
Reeve, Arthur B (series) The Gold of the Gods Hearst NI, 1915 Craig Kennedy Chemistry Columbia University, NY
Reiss, Bob Purgatory Road Simon-Schuster, 1996 Jack Amirau Sciences
Rhode, John (series) The Paddington Mystery Bles, 1928 Lancelot Priestly Mathematics England
Risenhoover, CC (series) Wine, Murder, & Blueberry Sundies McLennan House, 1986 B. Stratford
Roberts, James Hall The Q Document Morrow, 1964 Linguistics
Roberts, James Hall The Burning Sky Morrow, 1966 Archaeology, Anthropology
Robertson, Robert Landscape for Dead Dons 1956 Oxford, England
Rosenthal, Erik (series) The Calculus of Murder St. Martin's, 1986 Dan Brodsky Mathematics
Robinson, R.  Landscape with Dead Dons
Rosenthal, Erik Calculus of Murder ?academic Math
Rosenthal, Erik Advanced Calculus of Murder ?academic Math
Ross, J Maclaren Until the Day She Dies Oxford, England
Rowland, Betty Exhaustive Enquiries Melissa Craig Creative Writing Mid-Cotswold College of Arts & Technology, England
Rucker, Rudy White Light: What is Cantor's Continuum Problem? professor Math
Ruell, Patrick Death takes the Low Road Hutchinson, 1974 England
S-Z
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Author Title  Pub., Year Main Character Field of Study University, Location
Sayers, Dorothy Gaudy Nights Avon, 1936 Harriet Vane Alumni Oxford, England
Schumacher, Aileen Engineered for Murder Write Way Publishing, 1996 civil engineer on campus civil engineering New Mexico State U.
Shaber, Sarah R. Simon Said St. Martin's Press, NY, 1997 Simon Shaw literature, archeology Kenan College
Shapiro, Barbara See No Evil Avon Graduate student
Silver, Victoria Death of a Harvard Freshman St Martin, 1984 Lauren Adler Student, History Harvard, MA
Silver, Victoria Death of a Radcliffe Roommate Bantam, 1986 Radcliffe, MA
Silvis, Randall An Occaissional [sic] Hell Ballantine, 1995 Ernest DeWalt English
Simmons, Addison Death on Campus Crowell, 1935 Thaddeus Davis English
Skom, Edith (series) Mark Twain Murders, The Dell, 1990 Beth Austin Literature Midwest University, Vinetown, IL
Smith, Joan (series) Capriccio 1989 Cassie Newton French McGill University, Canada
Smith, Joan (series) A Masculine Ending Scribners, 1987 Loretta Lawson Linguistics University of London, England
Sprinkle, Patricia H Murder at Markham St Martins, 1988 Sheila Travis Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs  Markham Inst. for Grad Studies in Diplomacy, Chicago, IL
Stallwood, Veronica (series) Death and the Oxford Box 1993 Kate Ivory Library Oxford, England
Stallwood, Veronica Death Spell Macmillian, 1992
Steel, Kurt Murder Goes to College Bobbs Merrill, 1936 NY, NY
Stein, Aaron Marc A Body for A Buddy Doubleday, 1981 Matt Eridge alumni
Stein, Aaron Marc (series) The Sun Is A Witness Doubleday, 1953 Elsie Hunt, Tim Mulligan Archaeology
Stribling, TS Clues of the Caribbees Doubleday, 1929 Henry Poggioli Psychology Ohio State University, OH
Taylor, Andrew Caroline Miniscule 1982 Graduate student England
Taylor, Elizabeth Atwood Murder at Vassar St Martins, 1987 Maggie Elliott Vassar
Thayer, Lee Five Bullets Dodd Mead, 1944 Psychology
Thomson, D.L. aka Davidson, T.L. The Murder in the Laboratory London: Methuen/NY: Dutton, 1929 George Wroxham Toxicology Dept of Med. School University setting un-named but writer had just finished degree at Cambridge
Tilton, Alice (series) Beginning with a Bash Norton, 1972 Leonidas Witherall
Townsend, Guy M. To Prove a Villain History
Van Arsdale, Wirt The Professor Knits a Shroud
Walsh, Jill Paton The Wyndham Case St Martin's, 1993 Imogen Quy Health Services Cambridge, England
Webb, Richard Wilson Murder at Cambridge
Wender, Theodora (series) Murder Gets A Degree Avon, 1986 Glad Gold Literature Turnbull College, MA
West, Morris Master Class Max Mather Art History
Willey, Gordon Randolph Selena Worldwide Publishers, 1993 Colin Edwards retired Archaeology Professor St. Christophers, Florida
Williams, David Treasure by Degrees St Martin's, 1977 Agriculture England
Wilson, Robin Death by Degrees St Martin's, 1995 Peter Haas Administration Monterey, CA
Wright, Eric Death by Degrees Scribners, 1993 Administration Bathhurst College
Yorke, Margaret (series) Dead in the Morning Geoffrey Bles, 1970 Patrick Grant English Literature Oxford, England
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The bibliography was compiled by Eden Kuhlenschmidt with the assistance of the DorothyL.listserv crew (LISTSERV@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU) and Lucy of Once Again Gently Used Bookstore, Louisville, KY.
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