The Professor is a mystery novel that takes place on a college campus where the students know everything (via social media) and their professors know nothing.
Ethan Haddock, a promising student is found dead in his apartment from an apparent suicide. There are rumours he was having an affair with his professor who becomes a person of interest and is suspended while being subjected to a media crusade.
Marlitt Kaplan, a former detective, is living at home while she recovers from burns she sustained during her last case. She is currently working as a research assistant and is totally bored, longing for the action from her previous life. Her mother, a college professor, recruits Marlitt to put her detective skills to use as she believes her colleague has been wrongly accused. Marlitt is happy to help out. Her skills are put to the test though, as she tries to prove something happened that goes against what’s being said by witnesses, the police and the students.
Write what you know, is so important when authors are writing believable narratives. Lauren Nossett is a professor-turned-novelist with a PhD in German Literature. She uses this knowledge to flesh out her characters’ lives with interesting factoids about the German language and its literature.
There are many layers to solving this mystery but Nossett keeps control of all these elements to deliver a satisfying end. A really good campus novel to curl up with at the end of a long day.
Reviewed by Teresa Lewis
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lauren Nossett is a professor turned novelist with a Ph.D. in German literature. The Resemblance is her fiction debut. Her second novel,The Professor, will be released in November 2023. She currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Described as ‘elegant and thoughtful’ by The New York Times and ‘impossible to put down’ by Paste Magazine, The Resemblance won the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel and was selected by The Georgia Center for the Book as one of 10 ‘Books All Georgians Should Read’ for 2023.
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