num_pages: 304
description: The second book in the delightful Verlaque and Bonnet mystery series is another page-turning whodunit this time in set in a small community of theology students and professors at Aix-en-Provence's university. When the director of the theology department at the university in Aix is found dead Judge Verlaque is dumbfounded. Professor Moutte was about to announce the recipient of both a fellowship and his position as Director - which includes the coveted apartment in a 17th century mansion. The prospective recipients and others close to Moutte make up a long list of suspects but Verlaque isn't convinced any of the eager students or desperate teachers are capable of murder and he must dig deeper. With Marine's help - and that of her plucky mother - Verlaque uncovers a world that proves more complicated than university politics.
language: English
title: Murder in the Rue Dumas
publisher: Penguin Books