Pub Night
Book 4 of the Lila Birch Murder Mystery Series
The quest for a full-time professor position is driving Lila Birch to spend her summer on academic publishing projects while she prepares for her short-term, sessional teaching gig at the local Brent University. She feels slighted when asked by her Departmental Chair to organize a farewell party for a departing colleague while they are short-staffed in the university offices. Rising to the occasion, she uses her local connections with a pub where she used to do bartending as a graduate student. Looking forward to tending to and attending a routine pub night, Lila is once again thrown in the middle of a macabre sequence of events when she literally stumbles over another dead body. Initially hesitant to get involved in yet another murder investigation, Lila is persuaded to do just that by the family of the murder victim. The case leads Lila not only to get uncomfortably close with the university community but to increase her knowledge of the local entertainment sector, including a newly opened casino. Even more than with her previous investigations, this one relies on the help of those closest and dearest to her, subjecting everyone to unanticipated dangers. The complex web of events and relationships reveals a more intricate web of crimes than Lila or anyone else could have anticipated.
Publisher: Self-published
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781069977878
Location: Collinghurst, Ontario (Fictional)
Sub-genres: Small Town , Women Sleuths , Academia
