About the Book
Preston Mattson has spent his career teaching in an out of the way school, never having to confront his failures until adult student Hank Vinnio shoulders his way onto campus, disrupting classes and everything else with his sly and cynical style. Mattson and a lot of others are relieved when Vinnio is found dead-until Chief of Police Joe Silva begins investigating. Soon the college doesn't feel very safe, and both teachers and students begin to worry about what Silva is finding out. Joe Silva brings his astute and likable style to another murder in Mellingham, pulling aside complacency and shame as he zeroes in on a murderer.