Literary Murder: a Critical Case by Batya Gur

Literary Murder: a Critical Case by Batya Gur

From award-winning and internationally acclaimed author,

Batya Gur, comes this riveting mystery in which a shocking double murder at

Israel's top academic institution brings Superintendent Michael Ohayon to the

scene to probe the nature of creativity and unravel the mystery.

In investigating the deaths of a professor of

literature and his junior colleague, Superintendent

Michael Ohayon raises profound ethical questions about the

relationship between the artist and his creation, and between the artist and a

moral code. It brings him into contact with the academic elite and reveals the

social problems and differing perspectives of Israel's various classes. 

Known as "the Israeli Agatha Christie, Batya

Gur's The Literary Murder is a

clever, compelling, and suspenseful mystery that will leave readers entertained

up until the final, harrowing conclusion.

Batya Gur (1947-2005) worked as a literary critic for Haaretz, Israel's most prominent newspaper, in Jerusalem. She received her master's degree in Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and she also spent over two decades teaching literature.