This first mystery in a winning new series introduces smart, sophisticated black Harvard professor Nikki Chase. After stumbling over the body of the opinionated dean of students--killed on the first day of the fall semester--Nikki is plunged into an investigation into the woman's death.
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This first mystery in a winning new series introduces smart, sophisticated black Harvard professor Nikki Chase. After stumbling over the body of the opinionated dean of students--killed on the first day of the fall semester--Nikki is plunged into an investigation into the woman's death.
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New York. 1998. April 1998. Simon & Schuster. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684845261. 287 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Shasti O'Leary. keywords: Mystery Black Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Being young, gifted, and black at Harvard has always been difficult. For Rosezella Maynette Fisher, outspoken sister girl and controversial Dean of Students at Harvard Law School, it was murder. And the debonair new President of Harvard is a prime suspect. A DARKER SHADE OF CRIMSON is a novel about how Ella Fisher ended up dead on the first day of the fall semester, and how her friend Veronica (Nikki) Chase-a smart, ambitious, attractive, and well-connected black economics professor-sets out to solve the crime, and in the process uncovers some of Harvard's most deeply buried secrets. At twenty-eight, Nikki is a rising star, the only black professor in Harvard's economics department. After stumbling over Ella Fisher's body during a blackout in a classroom building, she is quickly plunged into the investigation of her death. With the occasional tip from Raphael Griffin, a Harvard policeman, Nikki learns that plenty of people could have wanted Ella dead. Only two people seem to mourn Ella's passing: her blue-blooded, Wellesley-educated secretary, Lindsey Wentworth; and Ella's best girlfriend, Alix Coulter, an actress from Texas with attitude. With their help, Nikki sets out to unravel simultaneously the mystery of Ella's death and the complications of her own love life. Dante Rosario, her long-lost ex-boyfriend, turns up and sets off a chemical reaction; meanwhile, Justin Simms, a Harvard Law School student who flirts like a master, won't take no for an answer. It takes the combined wisdom of Nikki's landlady, Magnolia Dailey, and her best friend, Jessica Leiberman, to help her understand her own heart as she drives toward the shocking conclusion that will turn all of Harvard on its ear. inventory #24991.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition first printing of the author's first novel. Remainder marked otherwise in fine / fine unread condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p. Ivy League Mysteries. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. Book First edition, Later printing Book is in Very Good + condition. Boards have a tiny bit of shelf wear. Fore edges have a small amount of wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Tiny bit of shelf wear/rub. Tiniest bit of wear along the edges. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar wrapper. Thanks and Enjoy. All-Ways well boxed, All-Ways fast service. Thanks.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Clean pages and cover. Spine ends lightly bumped. Nice condition. Dustwrapper shelf rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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New in new dust jacket. pp. 288. Paper over boards. 288pp. Gift quality, pristine book and DJ. Crisp, clean, tight never opened/read. Adult fiction. General audience.