{"product_id":"book-f5fr","title":"Scholarly Pursuits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eSomething is rotten in the state of Berkeley\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e--1881 Blue and Gold Yearbook, University of California: Berkeley  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eScholarly Pursuits\u003c\/em\u003e, the sixth full-length novel in the \u003cem\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/em\u003ebest-selling Victorian San Francisco mystery series, Locke explores life on the University of California: Berkeley campus in 1881, where Laura and her friends face the remarkably modern problems of fraternity hazings, fraught romantic relationships, and fractious faculty politics.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Annie and Nate Dawson and friends and family in the O'Farrell Street boardinghouse await a blessed event, Laura Dawson finds herself investigating why a young Berkeley student dropped out of school in the fall of 1880. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one, including her friend Seth Timmons, thinks this is a good idea, since she is juggling a full course load with a part-time job, but she can't let the question of what happened to her friend go unanswered. Not when it means that other young women might be in danger. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis cozy historical mystery of romantic suspense is set in the period immediately after the fifth book in the series, \u003cem\u003ePilfered Promises\u003c\/em\u003e, and two novellas, \u003cem\u003eKathleen Catches a Killer \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDandy Delivers. \u003c\/em\u003e However, it can be read as a stand-alone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49432712577328,"sku":"BDf5fr","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/f5fr-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773363666","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-f5fr","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}