Final Exam — Kathleen M. Fraze

When Ben Hardesty burned out as a big-city reporter, he turned to teaching, but he was not a typical college professor. He didn't care about tenure or textbooks. Instead, he gave his journalism students hands-on experience. But his final exam turned out to be a tragic mistake. Now police detective Jo Ferris must discover whether the test was just an unfortunate accident or whether ugly undercurrents of race and greed at a state university prompted a cold, calculated murder.