A missing provost. A murdered president. A fired professor found dead. At Churchville University, the only thing deadlier than the politics... is the truth.
When Isabel Helms, the ambitious new provost of a struggling liberal arts college, vanishes after a secret rendezvous, the campus reels. Days later, the university president is found savagely murdered—and a recently fired professor turns up dead in an apparent suicide. But nothing is what it seems.
Enter Don Weston: a widowed former Philadelphia detective, now Chief of Police at Churchville University. He thought he'd traded high-stakes homicide for campus hijinks. Instead, he's facing a chilling investigation tangled in scandal, betrayal, and secrets buried deep in the school's leadership.
With a methodical mind shaped by personal loss, Weston navigates academic rivalries, hidden affairs, and small-town suspicion. And while readers know more than he does—thanks to haunting vignettes from each victim’s final moments—the question remains: Will Weston catch the killer before the next name is crossed off the list?
🔥 Dark, cerebral, and disturbingly intimate, Final Exam delivers gut-punch twists and one unforgettable investigator.✔ For fans of Michael Connelly, Louise Penny, and Tana French. Final Exam is the prequel to Blame It on the Moon but stands alone as a complete and compelling mystery.
Genre: Mystery
When Isabel Helms, the ambitious new provost of a struggling liberal arts college, vanishes after a secret rendezvous, the campus reels. Days later, the university president is found savagely murdered—and a recently fired professor turns up dead in an apparent suicide. But nothing is what it seems.
Enter Don Weston: a widowed former Philadelphia detective, now Chief of Police at Churchville University. He thought he'd traded high-stakes homicide for campus hijinks. Instead, he's facing a chilling investigation tangled in scandal, betrayal, and secrets buried deep in the school's leadership.
With a methodical mind shaped by personal loss, Weston navigates academic rivalries, hidden affairs, and small-town suspicion. And while readers know more than he does—thanks to haunting vignettes from each victim’s final moments—the question remains: Will Weston catch the killer before the next name is crossed off the list?
🔥 Dark, cerebral, and disturbingly intimate, Final Exam delivers gut-punch twists and one unforgettable investigator.✔ For fans of Michael Connelly, Louise Penny, and Tana French. Final Exam is the prequel to Blame It on the Moon but stands alone as a complete and compelling mystery.
Genre: Mystery
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