Murder, mystery and books. For fans of Agatha Christie and M.C.Beaton, A Death at the University is the first book in a new cosy crime series.

Sam Wiseman runs an independent bookshop in the heart of Montreal. He leads a simple life, until the day he apprehends a shoplifter and strikes up an unlikely friendship with Gaston Lemieux, the investigating officer in the case.

Later, when Sam discovers the body of professor Harold Hilliard - a long-time customer of the store - dead in his office at nearby McGill University, he is implicated in the murder. With the help of his new friend Lemieux, as well as his love of literature, Sam must investigate the murder, and clear his name . . .