The main character, Lauren, is a rather self-absorbed freshman, bored by her classes but very bright. She was one off eleven freshmen who had been chosen to participate in a special seminar. After a presentation on the death of Rasputin, one of the seminar students is murdered in a similar fashion to Rasputin's death. Lauren thinks the murderer has to be another member of the class and she decides to investigate with the help of her friend Michael when the police don't seem to be doing anything. By the end of the book Lauren has grown up a little and is even ready to put more effort into her classes.

The mystery is somewhat interesting but overall I wouldn't recommend the book. I think there are good reasons why Silver only got two books published and has few copies on LibraryThing.

I've had this book forever, read it I don't know how many times over the years. It's fun. Seriously dated now (it might have been slightly dated back when it came out in 84), and the mystery is a bit far fetched, but the characters hold up and it'd be nice to find that she had written more than just this and Death of a Radcliffe Roommate. ( )