Amy Gallup is a reclusive widow whose only bright spot is the writing class that she teaches at the university extension. This semester's class is full of the usual suspects: the overly enthusiastic student, the slacker, the prankster, and the undiscovered talent. But there's something different about this class - and the clues begin with a scary phone call and obscene threats instead of peer evaluations. Amy realises that one of her students is a very disturbed individual, and when a student is murdered, everyone becomes a suspect.
This is a darkly comic novel about a writing group with a killer in their midst from the acclaimed author of Winner of the National Book Award.