1/24/10, 4:30: Hudson Valley Writers Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY
2/4/10, 7 p.m.: Ridgefield Public Library, Ridgefield, CT
2/6/10, 1 p.m.: Book Cove, Pawling, NY
2/9/10, 7 p.m.: Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Scottsdale, AZ
2/20/10, 10 a.m.: Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont, PA
3/10/10, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA
3/11-3/14, Left Coast Crime Conference, Los Angeles, CA
4/1/10, Longfellow Books, Portland, ME
4/23-24, Newburyport Literary Festival, Newburyport, MA
4/30-5/2, Malice Domestic Conference, Washington, DC
NEW!
DEATH WITHOUT TENURE
A PROFESSOR KAREN PELLETIER MYSTERY
Now Available!!
January 2010
Most of you know me as the author of the Professor Karen Pelletier mystery series set at Enfield College, a small, elite campus in New England, where the curriculum seems to offer a major in murder.
In DEATH WITHOUT TENURE, the new Karen Pelletier mystery from Poisoned Pen Press, Karen is about to realize her dream. After six years in the English Department at Enfield, she is up for a tenured position. But when her rival for the one available tenured spot is found dead from an overdose of peyote buttons, Karen is first on the list of suspects. Soon a homicide cop with a grudge against Lieutenant Charlie Piotrowski, the love of Karen's life, is breathing down her neck.
On campus, political passions rage, inflamed by politically correct professors. Two of Karen's favorite students, a hijab-wearing Muslim woman and a coal-miner's son, are caught up in the furor.
Will Karen be able to survive the investigation, protect her students, and find a permanent niche in the world of academe, all without her beloved Charlie, now serving with the National Guard in Iraq?
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On this site, as well as finding information about the Karen Pelletier mystery series, you will also learn about my scholarly work on American women's literature and about the talks and classes I offer at libraries, colleges, writer's centers, and book groups. It is my purpose to bring the creative energy of the fiction writer and the experienced university teacher to the public forum.
See the Programs page of this site for my workshops, classes, and talks. If the e-mail link does not connect, contact me at jadobson@aol.com.
