Book review of The Professor by Lauren Nossett

The Professor, Lauren Nossett’s sophomore thriller, is a deep dive into the world of academia, the place ivy-covered partitions conceal forbidden amorous affairs, lethal competitors and many of secrets and techniques.

Former police detective Marlitt Kaplan remains to be reeling from the occasions of The Resemblance, which noticed her faraway from the pressure. Living together with her dad and mom and looking for her approach, she agrees to assist when one of her mom’s colleagues on the University of Georgia finds herself the topic of a Title IX investigation.

Professor Verena Sobek has been struggling. A Turkish German girl, Verena is just not what her college students anticipate in a German language professor. Every day is plagued by nervousness: Her college students are distant and sometimes reducing of their remarks, after which there’s the relentless nature of academia’s “publish or perish” mindset. The one pupil who exhibits her kindness is Ethan Haddock. But when Ethan shocks everybody by killing himself, forsaking an apology to Verena, rumors of a scandalous affair start to swirl.

Marlitt agrees to analyze Ethan to assist clear Verena’s identify—and to ease her personal mounting boredom—however she finds the case to be something however easy. Posing as a pupil and transferring into Ethan’s previous room in an off-campus condo he shared with some peculiar roommates, Marlitt immerses herself in a world that’s as adversarial and alienating for college students as it’s for professors. Although older, Marlitt finds that she, discomfitingly, has so much in frequent with the scholars. Unmoored after her dismissal from the police pressure, she can be transitioning between phases of her life, and given her present reliance on her dad and mom, she lacks the independence of most individuals her age.

Nossett is a professor herself, and her portrayal of UGA is immersive and crammed with real-life particulars. A whodunit with darkish academia undertones, The Professor will be learn as standalone, however readers could discover themselves instantly searching for out The Resemblance after ending Nossett’s spectacular thriller.