Assault with a Deadly Lie

<p><strong>A Nick Hoffman / Academic Mystery Book 8</strong> -<span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>Successful professor Nick Hoffman finds his secure happy college-town life changed forever after a nightmarish encounter with police. </span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The idea that someone can accuse you of a crime and a SWAT team shows up at your door and drags you away?</span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(24 24 24 1)> But even when that horrible night is over</span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> tension and paranoia build in ways that are far too plausible</span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>. Someone is clearly out to destroy him. Nick and his partner Stefan Borowski face an escalating series of threats that lead to a brutal and stunning confrontation.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>A novel of suspense </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>Assault with a Deadly Lie</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(24 24 24 1)> probes the disturbing psychological impact of slander harassment stalking police brutality and the loss of personal safety within the academic world.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(24 24 24 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>In this eighth novel in the series Lev Raphael Lambda Award winner takes us on an especially topical voyage into politics and college freedoms. Included in this new edition a foreword by Carole B. Shmurak (</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(24 24 24 1)>Susan Lombardi</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(24 24 24 1)> mysteries) as well as a new introduction by the author.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A riveting great read for mystery/suspense fans Lev Raphael once again documents his impressive gifts holding the reader's rapt attention from beginning to end with unexpected plot twists and surprise twists. - </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Midwest Book Review</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Assault with a Deadly Lie</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> the ivory tower topples under a barrage of guns and violence. Nick Hoffman and his partner find that literature and an idyllic domestic life are no match for a deranged character's revenge conspiracy. - Lynn C. Miller</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A splendidly written story of innocence intrigue and invisible enemies </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Assault with a Deadly Lie</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> waltzes beautifully between poignancy and terror. But better still is the question that will haunt readers long after the book is put down: Could this happen to me? - P.J. Parrish</span></p>