DEATH AT THE ALMA MATER (G.M. Malliet)

There is something so appealing about a lovely British college, castle, or village as the setting for murder!  G.M. Malliet writes in the tradition of Agatha Christie and this 3rd in the Arthur St. Just series is just as good as the first two.  Here, wealthy alumni are invited for a weekend reunion at financially troubled St. Michael's College in Cambridge in hopes of raising some much needed cash.  Any mystery fan knows that gathering a diverse group of  people with  past connections for the weekend will not end in anything good.  Here the murder victim is the beautiful Lexy Laurent, ex-wife of Sir James Bassett and renowned for her beauty and fashion sense.  When she is strangled in the college's boathouse, suspects abound, including her ex-husband, his stepson, his current wife, and almost everyone else at the reunion.  This mystery is great fun with clever and unexpected twist that helps to solve the murder.  Recommended!