Jeffrey Cruikshank - Murder at the B-School (2004)
Jeffrey Cruikshank's Murder at the B-School is an enjoyable and well paced debut set in the financial and academic worlds.
When a wealthy student at Harvard Business School dies under mysterious circumstances, Prof. Wim Vermeer is asked to represent the college and act as liaison with the young man's family.
The powerful MacInnes clan, predictably, shuts Vermeer out. But he soon teams up with a captain on the Boston police force to jointly pursue their investigation. The professor's involvement, along with the detective's willingness to accept his participation, are just two holes in the plot
Fortunately, Cruikshank's characters are interesting, and his descriptions of the internecine battles of academia are well-done. If the story isn't quite as compelling as it could be, at least the author has the skill to keep it moving.
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