« Teaching Can Be Murder » Jane DiLucchio

Nothing says, “Good morning! like finding a bloody corpse in the classroom next to yours. Assistant Superintendent Zeke Chambers had no business being in room seven of Vista Elementary, dead or alive, but dead he was and Diega DelValle, discoverer of his body, becomes a suspect. Diega finds out she is not alone. Her principal, Sally, has been working with Zeke–possibly too closely–on a special, secret project. Sally’s husband is none too pleased with that arrangement.

Neither is their daughter who arrives on the scene suspiciously close to the time of Zeke’s death. Other Vista Elementary employees also have a vested interest in Zeke’s unwell–being. The teacher who’s a cast–off lover. The union rep who accuses Zeke of espionage. The probationary teacher who knows more than she’s telling.

Then there are Zeke’s gambling associates and his extracurricular girlfriends, none of which are to the liking of Zeke’s wife. Nor do his business partners outside the district appreciate him using their money to develop a competing company.

All factors collide when another body is found and Diega, Tully, Jenny, and Felicia discover that teaching can, indeed, be murder …