Books like A Masculine Ending by Joan Smith
Loretta Lawson, an English professor at London University, rents a flat in Paris for a brief stay. She is shocked to find a sleeping stranger inside and, upon her return from a feminist literary conference, discovers the stranger has been murdered. With only a single clue—a book that once belonged to the victim—Loretta must unravel the mystery of the dead roommate while balancing urgent academic commitments. Her investigation blends keen literary analysis with detective work, turning her scholarly skills into tools for solving a crime.
First publish date: 1987
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Joan Smith
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