Mystery 101

A student's death pulls Amy out of the classroom and into Travis's investigation. Begin here to see how her reading of crime fiction becomes a practical method, and why a police detective might resist an uninvited academic partner.

A local production brings Amy's interest in mystery plays onto the stage. Threats against an actress make the rehearsal room a place to look for motives, with Travis helping distinguish performance from real danger.

A death at the college book festival puts Amy and Travis on opposing sides of an arrest. The useful question here is how far Amy can trust her judgment when the people in a literary circle become suspects.

Amy takes a speaking engagement in Seattle, where the death of a technology entrepreneur draws her back into investigation. The trip changes the setting and brings someone from her past into the partnership she has built with Travis.

Research by a young writer gives an old murder conviction a second look. Amy has a personal connection to the accused professor, so this case asks her and Travis to examine evidence that others already considered settled.

An escaped killer and a threat against Travis make this a more urgent investigation. His former partner in romance, now an FBI agent, joins the work, adding history between investigators to the problem they must solve.

A missing uncle takes Amy and Travis to New York. Family concern drives the investigation beyond their usual campus surroundings, making this a better follow-on from Killer Timing than an introduction to the pair.