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Brief Tenure: A Louis Vila Novel
228 pages, Paperback
Published April 26, 2025
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May 20, 2025
Mobs, murder, and motivated academics take to the page in author Miles Ballard’s newest novel. Louis Vila is settling into his role within the Florida State Bureau of Investigations (FSBI) when he’s called to a strange murder, with a level of pre-meditation rare for even Florida standards. Partnered with Rollo Destry, the pair inspect the body found in a janitor’s closet on the University of Florida campus, as they work to uncover the motivation and killer behind the mysterious death of local academic, Gene Strauss.
With a complicated past, and her own career in academia, Shelly can’t believe she’s stumbled into Strauss once again, this time as she’s covered in grime and fresh off the heels of cleaning the campus bathrooms. Having worked with Strauss just ten miles down the road at Crews University, Shelly thought she’d left that life behind. But as she’s sucked back into the politics of Crews University, and the personalities that lie within, she faces intense scrutiny as Louis and Rollo seek justice for Strauss’ death. First though, how did the massive oak desk slip out of the storage closet undiscovered?
Ballard has an incredible talent for entertaining readers, whether with his characters or the wild plots within, we are quickly engrossed once again in the madness and methods that lead to his unforgettable finales. Weaving new characters with old, readers are transported deep within the land of gators as we enter the world of academia and deceit.
Layered and nuanced, Ballard pens murder and mystery in a league of his own. “Brief Tenure” is anything but as readers fall headfirst into this oven of Florida’s fictional academic culture.
With a complicated past, and her own career in academia, Shelly can’t believe she’s stumbled into Strauss once again, this time as she’s covered in grime and fresh off the heels of cleaning the campus bathrooms. Having worked with Strauss just ten miles down the road at Crews University, Shelly thought she’d left that life behind. But as she’s sucked back into the politics of Crews University, and the personalities that lie within, she faces intense scrutiny as Louis and Rollo seek justice for Strauss’ death. First though, how did the massive oak desk slip out of the storage closet undiscovered?
Ballard has an incredible talent for entertaining readers, whether with his characters or the wild plots within, we are quickly engrossed once again in the madness and methods that lead to his unforgettable finales. Weaving new characters with old, readers are transported deep within the land of gators as we enter the world of academia and deceit.
Layered and nuanced, Ballard pens murder and mystery in a league of his own. “Brief Tenure” is anything but as readers fall headfirst into this oven of Florida’s fictional academic culture.
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