This new book by Sandford, in the Virgil Flowers series, has Virgil pulled into a stalled murder investigation where the police have run out of leads. As a request of the Governor.
Politics matters.
A prominent researcher has been murdered in the University library. The potential suspects include family members, other faculty, Grad students and others. What a mess! Several murders actually have happened, and one potential murder. Working through all the suspects and the lack of evidence fills out the 372 page book.

An entertaining read.