Brad Parker and Karen Richmond Book 6
Cheating on college exams is commonplace.
Murder isn’t.
When a student in Professor Brad Parker’s lab at the Maine Translational Research Institute in Wells is wrongfully accused of sharing answers on an exam, he tries to help. Only to encounter a series of unexpected obstacles. Burglary. Bribery. A suspicious suicide. And then the professor who accused the students of cheating is killed. Leaving Brad and his fiancée, FBI agent Karen Richmond, desperately trying to understand what’s going on behind the scenes.
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Praise for The Fifth Student
“College students cheating on a test sizzles into something far more complex and deadly in the latest thriller from Geoffrey Cooper. The world of scientific academia is upended for Brad Parker as he attempts to give support to a young college intern unjustly accused of sharing answers on an exam, only to realize that this is the tip of the iceberg to a world of corruption, crime, and danger. The beauty of Maine, the world of medical research, a scorching plot, and the rich characters of The Fifth Student make for a page-turning thriller that will keep you reading late into the night.” —Matt Cost, award-winning author of Velma Gone Awry and the Clay Wolfe/Port Essex and Mainely Maine mystery series.
“The Fifth Student by Ogunquit medical-thriller author Geoffrey Cooper is the sixth book in his excellent award-winning mystery series. This is a fast-paced mystery, a careful blend of criminal conspiracy, cover-up, double-cross, frame-up, lies, misdirection and multiple murders.” –Bill Bushnell, Central Maine Sentinel
“A university cheating scandal leads to murder in Cooper’s thriller. The details of the academic setting ground the story’s fleet narrative and surprises, and the author does a great job tying the complex plot threads together. A zippy, tricky academic murder mystery.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The Fifth Student proves a rich story that highlights its intrigue with revelations readers won’t see coming in an academic atmosphere that is filled with revelation and revised possibilities for achievement.” —Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review
“A gifted college student accused of cheating on a final exam faces something far deadlier than a failing grade. The sixth in a series of medical thrillers, Geoffrey M. Cooper’s The Fifth Student is an entertaining look at the sinister side of academic achievement.” —IndieReader
“What begins as a simple case of college students caught cheating on an exam soon emerges as a fast-paced murder mystery in Geoffrey M. Cooper’s The Fifth Student. Cooper’s deftly written story is engaging and will particularly appeal to mystery fans who look for well-developed characters amidst a story’s twists and turns.” —BlueInk Review
“The Fifth Student is an exciting thriller in which the fate of an innocent student is threatened by an intricate cheating scheme.” —Foreword Reviews
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