The Affliction

At a reception for the faculty and trustees to welcome Maggie Detweiler's team, no one seems keener for all to go well t... (more)

At a reception for the faculty and trustees to welcome Maggie Detweiler's team, no one seems keener for all to go well than Florence Meagher, a star teacher who is loved and respected in spite of her affliction - that she can never stop talking. Two days later, Florence's body is found in the campus swimming pool. Maggie obviously knows schools, but she also knows something about investigating murder. Print run 50,000. (less)

At a reception for the faculty and trustees to welcome Maggie Detweiler's team, no one seems keener for all to go well t... (more)

At a reception for the faculty and trustees to welcome Maggie Detweiler's team, no one seems keener for all to go well than Florence Meagher, a star teacher who is loved and respected in spite of her affliction - that she can never stop talking. Two days later, Florence's body is found in the campus swimming pool. Maggie obviously knows schools, but she also knows something about investigating murder. Print run 50,000. (less)

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Florence is one of those dedicated teachers for whom the school is her life, and yet the next morning, when Maggie arriv... (more)

Florence is one of those dedicated teachers for whom the school is her life, and yet the next morning, when Maggie arrives to observe her teaching, Florence is missing. Florence's husband, Ray, an auxiliary policeman in the village, seems more annoyed than alarmed at her disappearance. But Florence's sister is distraught. Two days later, Florence's body is found in the campus swimming pool. (less)