The Letter Killeth

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基本信息·出版社：Minotaur Books
·页码：240 页
·出版日期：2006年12月
·ISBN：0312351437
·International Standard Book Number：0312351437
·条形码：9780312351434
·EAN：9780312351434
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Roger and Philip Knight Mysteries Set at the Univ. of Notre Dame

内容简介 Once the college football season draws to a close for the Fighting Irish, there is little reason to ride out the winter in South Bend, Indiana. Those who can leave do, but P.I. Philip Knight stays on at Notre Dame when the university asks him to discreetly investigate a rash of threatening letters that have been sent to a number of administrators, including the new football coach, who resurrected the team in a single year.
 While conspiracy theories are as prevalent as the cold, Philip and his brother Roger think the letters are probably a prank or possibly a student paper’s attempt at yellow journalism but nothing more. Then a controversial professor’s car is set on fire, a man is found dead on campus, and the Knight brothers find themselves hot on the trail of a killer in Ralph McInerny’s tenth mystery set at Notre Dame.

From the Inside Flap

"Most readers will be converted to die-hard Notre Dame fans and possibly Catholicism."
--Kirkus Reviews on Irish Coffee Once the college football season draws to a close for the Fighting Irish, there is little reason to ride out the winter in South Bend, Indiana. Those who can leave do, but P.I. Philip Knight stays on at Notre Dame when the university asks him to discreetly investigate a rash of threatening letters that have been sent to a number of administrators, including the new football coach, who resurrected the team in a single year.
 While conspiracy theories are as prevalent as the cold, Philip and his brother Roger think the letters are probably a prank or possibly a student paper’s attempt at yellow journalism but nothing more. Then a controversial professor’s car is set on fire, a man is found dead on campus, and the Knight brothers find themselves hot on the trail of a killer in Ralph McInerny’s tenth mystery set at Notre Dame.
作者简介 RALPH McINERNY is the author of over thirty books, including the popular Father Dowling mystery series, and has taught for more than fifty years at the University of Notre Dame, where he is the director of the Jacques Maritain Center. He has been awarded the Bouchercon Lifetime Achievement Award and was recently appointed to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. He lives in South Bend, Indiana.
媒体推荐 Praise for Ralph McInerny:
"Most readers will be converted to die-hard Notre Dame fans and possibly Catholicism."
--Kirkus Reviews on Irish Coffee"Mr. McInerny creates a pleasantly malicious microcosm for the antics that follow."
--The Wall Street Journal on Green Thumb"McInerny is in top form, wittily sending up academic infighting, student grading, benefactor kowtowing, and (this being Notre Dome) stadium seating at home football games."--Kirkus Reviews on Celt and Pepper
"Notre Dame and excellent mystery stories rejoice: Ralph McInerny's latest Knight brothers tale is a gem." --Rocky Mountain News on Irish Tenure
“Entertaining . . . McInerny’s book, and any in this series, certainly warrants a thumbs-up.”
---San Antonio Express-News on Irish Coffee
专业书评 From Publishers Weekly

In McInerny's rambling 10th mystery set at the University of Notre Dame (after 2004's Green Thumb), the football coach, an English professor, the provost and the dean of arts and letters all receive alarming bomb threat letters. The university administration doesn't want publicity, so they call upon PI Phil Knight and his brother, Roger, a Catholic studies professor and former detective. Alumni politicking, student muckraking and faculty bickering escalate from a wastebasket set aflame to the firebombing of a professor's car before the tumult culminates in a murder. The Knights put their formidable intellects to the case, with triumphant results that should satisfy series fans.
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From the Back Cover

Praise for Ralph McInerny:"Mr. McInerny creates a pleasantly malicious microcosm for the antics that follow."
--The Wall Street Journal on Green Thumb"McInerny is in top form, wittily sending up academic infighting, student grading, benefactor kowtowing, and (this being Notre Dome) stadium seating at home football games."--Kirkus Reviews on Celt and Pepper
"Notre Dame and excellent mystery stories rejoice: Ralph McInerny's latest Knight brothers tale is a gem." --Rocky Mountain News on Irish Tenure
“Entertaining . . . McInerny’s book, and any in this series, certainly warrants a thumbs-up.”
---San Antonio Express-News on Irish Coffee

From Booklist

One wouldn't think Notre Dame's placid campus would be a hotbed of murder, mayhem, and even terrorism, but it has been, at least since McInerny debuted his latest series starring the Knight brothers. Phillip Knight is a private investigator, and his brother, Roger, is a Catholic studies professor. This time threatening notes have been delivered around campus, even to the new football coach. The Knight brothers identify a suspect, but when the first explosion rocks the campus, their man is in custody, an ironclad alibi. McInerny's tenth Notre Dame mystery is a typically rewarding and heady mix of mayhem, sly humor, and campus politics. Wes Lukowsky
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文摘 Part One Winter lingers in northern  Indiana, and snow continues to fall well into March, courtesy of Lake Michigan. Sometimes, of course, snow comes fluttering down with all the sweetness of a Christmas card, the weather almost balmy, puffs of breath before the face a delightful joke. More often than not, however, the temperature hovers around zero, and snow comes in on a blast of frigid wind that sends students scurrying across the campus from room to library to class to dining hall, all bundled up  like Nanook of the North. Fortunately the campus walks are quickly cleared or it would have been impossible for Roger Knight to get around in his golf cart. For his brother, Phil, the Notre Dame winters were the only blemish in their current life. Not even following the fortunes of the hockey team could keep Florida from his mind as the days grew short and overcast and the snow deeper. “You should go, Phil,” Roger urged. “But you can’t get away now.” “What does that have to do with it? Phil, you know I don’t golf or play tennis.” Roger paused. “Of course, you smile. The thought is ridiculous. Check with the travel bureau.” “Maybe I will.” Later, Roger got on the Web and went to a travel site and looked into plane tickets and resorts in the Sarasota area. Of course, he could not make the arrangements final without Phil’s go-ahead. “You’re trying to get rid of me.” “Of course, if you insist, I could resign from the faculty and go off with you.” “Ha. Actually, I’m beginning to like this kind of winter.” “Snow eventually melts, Phil.” Yes, and the sun also rises, but it would have been difficult to prove that in the gray and
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