It isn't long before a campus professor falls under suspicion. Bryan had a pending sexual harassment charge against English professor Emily Clowper. Emily's suspicious death has Tally donning a backpack and joining Alice on campus. She discovers Bryan wasn't a stand-up member of the faculty and many people had a reason to kill him. Figuring out the cryptic words spoken by Emily just before her death may provide the missing piece to the puzzle.

SCOOP TO KILL by Wendy Lyn Watson is a clever, amusing small-town mystery. Set in Dalliance, Texas (you know there's going to be a good time had by all in a town named Dalliance!), Ms. Watson infuses a warm, folksy feel in the story with well-chosen language that paints a vivid picture for the reader. Tally is a first-rate amateur sleuth; the relationship she has with her family is heartwarming. It's a well-crafted mystery, and readers will be as torn as Tally as she works to decide between the two men in her life. SCOOP TO KILL is the latest in the Mystery a la Mode series.

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