On this particular spring Tuesday, Anne Dewitt was thrown off her regular schedule. Between brushing her teeth and putting on her foundation, she had to kill a man.
Got your attention? I would think so. This story has a lovely opening, reminiscent of my favorite start to a Richard Stark Novel: When the phone rang, Parker was in the garage, killing a man. (Firebreak)
I have never read Ms. Harris before but as I understand it she had made her reputation throwing unlikely worlds together. Anne DeWitt is, of all things, a high school principal, but as you can guess from her ability to off a bad guy in her bathroom before breakfast, she has a past. The past not only explains her ease at handling a killer, but also the presence of the killer.
Besides transporting a dead body she also has to deal with unreasonable demands and criminal behavior by the shcool's star athlete. Fortunately she finds an unlikely ally.
Was this story a bit of wish-fulfillment? If every school had a staff member who could handle problems so efficiently, our academic careers might have been more pleasant. For the good guys, at least.
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