Written by a British author who is said to resemble Agatha Christie in style, this book stars a retired botany professor who returns to the town of Knotlington and gets involved in a multitude of murders to solve.
"After Nikki Chase--a smart, ambitious, attractive black economics professor--stumbles over her friend Ella's body during a blackout, she finds herself plunged into the investigation and uncovering some of Harvard's most deeply buried secrets."