Murder at Black Dragon River

About the Book

When young teacher Shelby Johnson leaves Louisiana and crosses the Pacific to teach English at a university in northern China, she does not expect to find a corpse in her office. Who would murder Judith Treadway, respected and admired senior foreign expert? A disgruntled student? Japanese? Russians? a jealous lover?

Linguistics Professor Stanley Poussaint, Shelby's colleague and friend, works with the local police Chief Ling Feng, to find the answer to this gruesome murder.

About the Author

Bosley Wilder is a journalist, teacher and poet, who has written on a wide variety of topics on women, travel and other features, appearing in newspapers and magazines, including Hemispheres, Southwest Review, The Pittsburgh Press, The Block Island Times, The Holyoke Sun, The Women's Times, Massachusetts Guide, San Francisco Chronicle, and others. Professor Wilder has lived and taught in China and Russia. She and her cat, Xiao Hong, make their home in Granby, Massachusetts, and on Block Island, Rhode Island, where she currently teaches poetry to groups of young gifted and talented students.