A darker shade of crimson

Description:

The dean of students, a black woman, is murdered in Harvard University. The body is discovered by her friend, Nikki Chase, and in the course of her investigation Nikki, a black economics professor, hears that the victim may have been having an affair with the college president.

subjects: African American women college teachers,  Murder,  Harvard University,  Fiction,  Women detectives,  African American women,  Faculty,  Black Women college teachers,  Professeures noires américaines (Enseignement supérieur),  Romans, nouvelles,  Meurtre

Places: Cambridge (Mass.),  Cambridge,  Massachusetts