The book is Medieval Murders and the author is Aaron Stander. Stander lives in Michigan in the Traverse City area and is associated with the Interlochen Arts Academy.
This is Stander's fifth book with Ray Elkins as the teacher/cop/sleuth. In this case, the book is a prequel to the other four -- which might be confusing for anyone following Elkins' personal life but I did not find it so. Each of Stander's novels can stand alone, as mystery novels should.
The title refers to the deaths of three women, all of them teachers of Medieval Studies at an unnamed midwestern university. As Elkins says, it is statistically impossible for all of the deaths to have been accidents or even suicide. And he proceeds to prove his point.
When the killer is revealed, the motive seems a litle less than plausible, but that's just nit picking on my part. It's still a fun read.
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