Everyone agrees that Mason Blaine had a lot of enemies. But one of them hated the chairman of the universitys Spanish Department enough to kill himand then stick a knife in his back. The Reverend Kathryn Koerney is no stranger to the sins of man, but this shocking example of overkill in small-town New Jersey has even her puzzled. Now, with Harton police chief Tom Holder, she finds herself hunting a killer through the cloistered world of academiaan unexpected hotbed of adultery, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. For Blaines murder is only the bait in a carefully disguised trap set for the real victim. And with their personal and professional lives on the line, Kathryn and Tom can only pray they arent looking the other way when death strikes again.From the Paperback edition.