"PhDeath" is a fast-paced thriller set in a major university in a major city on a square. The faculty finds itself in deadly intellectual combat with the anonymous Puzzler. Along with teams of U.S. Military Intelligence and the city's top detective and aided by the Puzzle Master of The New York Times, their collective brains are no match for the Puzzler's perverse talents.-- Provided by publisher.
In a major university in a major city, the faculty finds itself in deadly intellectual combat with the anonymous Puzzler. As a series of atrocities begin and end the academic year, pockets of moral rot are discovered. A cerebral mystery that combines linguistic, mathematical, and literary puzzles with a searing indictment of American education and business practices.