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Feminist Mystery Reviews DEATH IN LOVER'S LANE Reviewed by Harriet Klausner Professor Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins enjoys teaching at the Thorndyke University School of Journalism and Mass Communications in Missouri. However, even the idyll academic world can cause headaches for a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter. This semester the main pain comes from a brilliant, ambitious, but unlikable pupil, Maggie Winslow, who will do anything to make a name for herself as an investigative reporter. Maggie proposes writing a paper on three unresolved crimes from the previous two decades. Henrie O informs her bright student that stirring up the past may make a tabloid-like name for Maggie, but will not be enough to pass the course. The professor expects more out of the project and that is what she gets when Maggie turns up dead a few days later. Henrie O feels that she is partially responsible for the death of her student because she pushed her that extra mile. She starts investigating Maggie's death and soon realizes that her deceased student had uncovered information on one of the unresolved cases that must have led to the murder. Though the police make a quick arrest, Henrie O continues to look into the case because she is firmly convinced the wrong man has been arrested. She is determined to see justice is done even if it means placing her own life on the line. The third Henrie O novel is simply great. Carolyn Hart is superb in getting into the heart of her characters, thereby allowing readers to understand and accept them for what they do. Henrie O is one of the top senior citizen amateur sleuths in literature today. This reviewer strongly recommends reading DEATH IN LOVER'S LANE, the previous two Henrie O novels, and the author's "Death on Demand" mysteries. They are all great.
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