Tag: Cynthia Kuhn

Enter to win! One grand prize winner gets all five books. Five winners each get one ebook.

It’s back to school! I’m collaborating with four wonderful authors to bring you a giveaway opportunity.

And if you like academic mysteries, among the five of us, there are more than twenty books in our series:
Braxton Campus Mysteries by James. J. Cudney
Cassandra Sato Mysteries by Kelly Brakenhoff
Lila Maclean Academic Mysteries by Cynthia Kuhn
Professor Molly Mysteries by Frankie Bow
Professor Prather Mysteries by Mary Angela

When local big-shot Jimmy Tanaka, “The Most Hated Man in Hawaii,” pledges a huge donation to Molly’s college and then disappears, Molly’s bottom-line-obsessed dean tasks her with locating the missing mogul.

English professor Lila Maclean is thrilled about her new job at prestigious Stonedale University, until she finds one of her colleagues dead.Now she must act quickly to avoid failing her assignment…and becoming the next victim.

In sleepy Copper Bluff, South Dakota, English professor Emmeline Prather is enjoying a new semester. But when one of her students dies working on the fall musical, Prof. Prather has good reason to suspect foul play.

When Kellan Ayrwick returns home for his father’s retirement, he finds a body in Diamond Hall’s stairwell. Something is amiss on campus, but none of the facts add up. Can they find the killer before he strikes again?

Cassandra Sato traded her life in Hawai’i for a dream position in Nebraska. She expected the church casseroles, land-locked cornfields, and face-freezing winters. But it’s her job that’s rapidly becoming a nightmare.

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The Subject of Malice

The organizers have rustled up plenty of surprises for the literary conference at Tattered Star Ranch. But the murder of an influential scholar wasn’t on the program—someone has clearly taken the theme of Malice in the Mountains to heart. This shocking crime is only the beginning: Other dangers and deceptions are soon revealed.

English professor Lila Maclean has a full agenda: She must convince a press to publish her book (possibly), ace her panel presentations (hopefully), and deal with her nemesis (regrettably).
However, when Detective Lex Archer requests Lila’s academic expertise, she agrees to consult on the case. While her contributions earn high marks from her partner, it could be too late; the killer is already taking aim at the next subject.
As Lila races to keep her colleagues alive, publish or perish takes on new meaning.

About the Author

Cynthia Kuhn writes the Lila Maclean Academic Mysteries: The Semester of Our Discontent, The Art of Vanishing, The Spirit in Question, and The Subject of Malice. Honors include an Agatha Award for best first novel and Lefty Award nominations for best humorous mystery. She blogs with Chicks on the Case and is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers. For more information, please visit cynthiakuhn.net.

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Gore in the Garden

After her boss narrowly escaped political defeat, Kit Marshall is settling into life as a busy congressional staffer. While attending an evening reception at the United States Botanic Garden, Kit’s best friend stumbles upon the body of a high-ranking government official.

The chairwoman of a congressional committee asks Kit to investigate, and she finds herself once again in the thick of a murder investigation. The complications keep coming with the unexpected arrival of Kit’s younger brother Sebastian, a hippie protestor who seems more concerned about corporate greed than the professional problems he causes for his sister. To make matters even worse, the romantic lives of Kit’s closest friends are driving her crazy, diverting her attention from the mystery she’s been tasked to solve. The search for the killer requires her to tussle with an investigative journalist right out of a noir novel, a congresswoman fixated on getting a statue of James Madison installed on the Capitol grounds and a bossy botanist who would do anything to protect the plants he loves. When the murderer sends a threatening message to Kit via a highly unusual delivery mechanism, Kit knows she must find the killer or risk the lives of her friends and loved ones.

About the Author

Colleen Shogan has been reading mysteries since the age of six. A political scientist by training, Colleen has taught American politics at Yale, George Mason, Georgetown, and Penn. She previously worked in the United States Senate and for the Congressional Research Service. She’s currently a senior executive at the Library of Congress, working on great outreach initiatives such as the National Book Festival. She lives in Arlington, Virginia with her husband Rob Raffety and their beagle mutt, Conan.