P. M. Carlson
Murder Is Academic: Maggie Ryan, 1968.
Mount Vernon, Ohio: The Mystery Company, 2012. 9781932325232 193 pages.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.25" x 8", is like new.
"Vietnam, assassinations and riots. In the spring semester of 1968, a series of brutal attacks draws campus women together to study self-defense and the psychology of rape. Graduate student Mary Beth Nelson struggles to keep the Lords of Death at by immersing herself in researching Mayan languages. Her new housemate, Maggie Ryan, has her own secrets. When murder strikes close to home, Maggie investigates with a little help her friends" (Publisher's text) ""Murder Is Academic" treats violation of truth in tandem with assault and rape -- true violations of person, mind, and body -- and presents a cogent case for the inviolability of persons and truth" (The Armchair Detective).