Catch A Falling Knife

Lillian Morgan #2

by Alan Cook

When her granddaughter’s boyfriend, Mark, is accused of sexual harassment soon after starting a teaching job at a small college, Lillian Morgan tries to help him and finds that the "harassment policy from hell "could end his career. Then a student is murdered and Mark becomes the chief suspect. While attempting to clear Mark, Lillian forms an unlikely alliance with the owner of a strip club and finds that life on campus isn’t what it used to be (if it ever was).

Genres: Mystery, Mystery Thriller

222 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 14, 2010

About the author

Alan Cook is an author of mystery/suspense novels and young adult/Children's books. However, his latest novel is a comedy, ROCKY ROAD TO DENVER, set in 1968. His novella, DEATH AT MONKSREST, takes place in England in the 1960s and is the third book of the Charlie and Liz series. EAST OF THE WALL takes places in East Germany in 1963 when the Berlin Wall was up. It is the second book in the Charlie and Liz series. TRUST ME IF YOU DARE, the first Charlie and Liz novel, takes place in 1962 in the U.S. and Cuba. YOUR MOVE is the seventh Carol Golden book. A serial killer is on the loose. FOOL ME TWICE is the sixth Carol Golden book. It deals with scams, and we've all been fooled. GOOD TO THE LAST DEATH is the fifth Carol Golden novel. It deals with junk science. HIT THAT BLOT, with a backgammon theme, is the fourth Carol Golden novel. DANGEROUS WIND is the third Carol Golden novel. It takes place on all seven continents. RELATIVELY DEAD and FORGET TO REMEMBER, the first two, are about a young woman who loses her memory and calls herself Carol Golden. His short story, "Checkpoint Charlie," is in the anthology, MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA PRESENTS ICE COLD: TALES OF INTRIGUE FROM THE COLD WAR, edited by Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson. PICTURELAND, is a Young Adult novel that takes place in a dystopian world. DANCING WITH BULLS, his first children's book, takes place at Knossos Palace on the island of Crete 4,000 years ago. YOUR MOVE is he seventh Carol Golden book, in which Carol is asked to help track down a serial killer. RUN INTO TROUBLE has won a Silver Quill award from the American Author's Association and was named best Pacific West book by Reader Views. It is about an ultra-marathon along the California coast in 1969, during the Cold War. But is the Cold War about to heat up? HONEYMOON FOR THREE, has received a Silver Quill award from the American Author's Association and was named best Mountain West book by Reader Views. WALKING THE WORLD: MEMORIES AND ADVENTURES has been named one of the "Top 10 Walking Memoirs and Tales of Long Walks" by walking.about.com

Reviews

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mark is a new professor at a private college where some of their rules are different than from public schools. The students are accusing him of harassment even though they don't have proof. Although Lillian is retired, she is using her professor title to her advantage in working with Mark. Because of this accusation against Mark, Lillian's granddaughter (Mark's girlfriend) Sandra kicked him out from their living arrangements from her condo. Again, without proof of these allegations.

Fortunately he has Lillian who believes him and goes to sleuthing to prove his innocence.

The ending of this one could have been better.

[Rosalie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is what I call a laying in the sun book. (I don't lay in the sun anymore!) It is the kind of book I used to read when I was laying in the sun. Just something to occupy my time. I did enjoy the main Character and it reminded me of an Aunt Julia mystery. Fun & fast to read, but doesn't stick to you very long.

[Summer Huggins · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy and fast read, it was a bit predictable at times. There was also a storyline that they referenced but never fully explained. And when I found a "that" should have been a "than," I almost had to put it down.

[Marilyn Groves · Rating 4 out of 5]

another 99 cent book - # 2 in the Lillian Morgan series (she lives in a senior citizen center). Hope there will be more

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lilian is a retired professor and amateur sleuth. A likeable cozy mystery.