Final Exam

A missing provost. A murdered president. A fired professor found dead. At Churchville University, the only thing deadlier than the politics... is the truth.When Isabel Helms, the ambitious new provost of a struggling liberal arts college, vanishes after a secret rendezvous, the campus reels. Days later, the university president is found savagely murdered—and a recently fired professor turns up dead in an apparent suicide. But nothing is what it seems.Enter Don Weston: a widowed former Philadelphia detective, now Chief of Police at Churchville University. He thought he'd traded high-stakes homicide for campus hijinks. Instead, he's facing a chilling investigation tangled in scandal, betrayal, and secrets buried deep in the school's leadership.With a methodical mind shaped by personal loss, Weston navigates academic rivalries, hidden affairs, and small-town suspicion. And while readers know more than he does—thanks to haunting vignettes from each victim’s final moments—the question remains: Will Weston catch the killer before the next name is crossed off the list? Dark, cerebral, and disturbingly intimate, Final Exam delivers gut-punch twists and one unforgettable investigator.? For fans of Michael Connelly, Louise Penny, and Tana French. Final Exam is the prequel to Blame It on the Moon but stands alone as a complete and compelling mystery.