This is a bit unusual for a Dorothy Martin & Alan Nesbitt mystery because there is no murder! After Dorothy discovers a pool of blood on a laboratory floor during a conference at St. Stephen's College at Cambridge University, she and Alan set out to discover from whom or what it came, how it got there, and, most importantly, who cleaned it up so thoroughly and so quickly! Was it a student prank? Is there a murder victim whose body has not yet been discovered? Who pushed Dorothy down a flight of stairs? Enlisting the aid of a local police Superintendent Elaine Barker (a woman with secrets of her own) and her nephew, Tom, Dorothy and Alan stir up unrest on campus and with the local police as their questions lead to yet more questions. When Tom disappears, finding out where the blood originated becomes urgent.
Widowed American ex-pat Dorothy is, as always, wonderfully refreshing and real. She is an older woman, cautious about her balance and her knees, happy in her adopted country, and comfortably in love with her second husband, a retired police official. It's amazing that author Dams is American, because to me she seems to capture the essence of England - the weather, then customs, the rules - beautifully. If you look at her website you's discover that she loves hats as much as Dorothy does!
As always, anything Jeanne Dams writes is highly recommended!
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