New York: St Martin's, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery novel set at a small college in a small town in Texas - a world Crider knows well as the chair of English literature at Texas college. Features the perpetual worrier, Professor Carl Burns, who has been assigned to head up a seminar organized to honor a former professor, turned Hollywood celebrity. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-312033281.