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Amy Gallup is gifted, perhaps too gifted for her own good.
Published at only twenty-two, she peaked early and found critical
but not commercial success. Now her former life is gone, along
with her writing career and beloved husband. A reclusive widow,
her sole companion a dour, flatulent basset hound who barely
tolerates her, her daily mantra "Kill Me Now," she
is a loner afraid to be alone. Her only bright spot each week
is the writing class that she teaches at the university extension.
This semester's class is full of the usual suspects: the doctor
who wants to be the next Robin Cook, the overly enthusiastic
repeat student, the slacker, the unassuming student with the
hidden talent, the prankster, the know-it-all.... Amy's seen
them all before. But something is very different about this
class---and the clues begin with a scary phone call in the
middle of the night and obscene threats instead of peer evaluations
on student writing assignments. Amy soon realizes that one
of her students is a very sick puppy, and when a member of
the class is murdered, everyone becomes a suspect. As she
dissects each student's writing for clues, Amy must enlist
the help of everyone in her class, including the murderer,
to find the killer among them.
Suspenseful, extremely witty, brilliantly written, unexpectedly
hilarious, and a joy from start to finish, "The
Writing Class" is a one-of-a-kind novel
that rivals Jincy Willett's previous masterpieces.
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