Let's Get Criminal — Lev Raphael

A tale of intrigue in academia involving homosexuals. It begins when a new man arrives at a university and obtains tenure despite lack of qualifications. When he is murdered, suspicion falls on a writer-in-residence on whom the man once did the dirty. Nick Hoffman, the writer's friend, tries to clear his name by finding the real killer.When the mysterious Perry Cross is hired to fill a quickly created position at the state university of Michigan, teacher Nick Hoffman learns that his lover, writer Stefan Browski, shared a past with Cross, who is murdered shortly thereafter