The Theban Mysteries - (Kate Fansler) by Amanda Cross (Paperback)

About the Book

Finally back in print, this title in the Kate Fansler mystery series finds Kate lured back to her alma mater, an exclusive private school in Manhattan, to teach a seminar on "Antigone". As Kate leads her class through the inexorable tragic unfolding of the play, a parallel nightmare envelops the school and everyone connected with it.

Book Synopsis

For a century, wealthy New York girls have been trained for the rigors of upper class life at the Theban, an exclusive private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Kate Fansler is lured back to her alma mater to teach a seminar on Antigone. But a hostile note addressed to Kate, the uniform mistrustfulness of her six, bright students, and the Dobermans that patrol the building at night suggest trouble on the spot. As Kate leads her class through the inexorable tragic unfolding of Antigone, a parallel nightmare envelops the school and everyone connected with it. . . .

Review Quotes

"If by some cruel oversight you haven't discovered Amanda Cross, you have an uncommon pleasure in store for you."
-The New York Times Book Review

"Amanda Cross writes wonderfully witty mysteries full of well-developed characters and insights on modern foibles."
-United Press International

"The most appealing detective since Lord Peter Wimsey."
-Newsweek

About the Author

Amanda Cross is the pseudonymous author of the bestselling Kate Fansler mysteries. As Carolyn G. Heilbrun, she is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities Emerita at Columbia University. She has served as president of the Modern Language Association as well as vice president of the Authors Guild. Dr. Heilbrun is also the author of Writing a Woman's Life, Hamlet's Mother and Other Women, The Education of a Woman: The Life of Gloria Steinem, and The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty.