Eight years after his last brush with death, Professor Matthew Diggerson is again experiencing familiar hauntings, for this latest (and last?) tale seems to involve all of the others.
A year has passed since Matthew Diggerson was shot and left for dead in Marked for Murder. This fourth book finishes that third story.
“Eight years after Ocean View College’s Humanities Chairperson (Tobias Mann) was murdered, Professor Matthew Diggerson is now in that position, and history appears to be doing its repetitive thing. With one of his dogs aging and the “new” one engaging, Digger must solve the murders or become another victim.”
A younger Matthew Diggerson, two years full-time at Ocean View College and five years married to Anna, witnesses a suicide via the towering Bay Bridge right after the jumper has whispered something strange to Digger before the fall. Digger investigates the suicide (Was it assisted? Is more to come?), attempts to manage the burgeoning workload of a full-time professor, and tries to civilize two feral cats, even as his own marriage falls inexorably apart.
When murder occurs on a New England small-college campus, Professor Matthew Diggerson turns from composition instructor to sleuth, uncovering clues and offering essay-writing "rules" along the way. As the killer watches and plans, Digger finds help from colleagues and students, from a height-deprived detective and even his mother, and especially from his loyal canine companion, Simba.