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A solid mystery novel
This story has two sets of main characters: Kirk, McCoy and Spock's family, and her own characters. All are portrayed quite vividly and with considerable detail. The physical and action descriptions in general are fairly good. The dialogue is very good and sometimes wonderfully amusing, especially all the stories Sarek tells about Spock as a child. There are a lot of crimes committed during this mystery and the action level is fairly constant. The wrong suspect is so blatant as to be obviously wrong but the real one is (I think) quite well concealed. There is also a very good and surprising romance, and a much more intimate look at Vulcans then almost any other Trek book.

This is a terrific book for Vulcan fans, with probably the most detail on them outside of "Spock's World". There are descriptions of the town of ShiKahr, the Vulcan Academy and its medical wing, Sarek's house and gardens. There is also a fair bit on Vulcan philosophy and modern politics and some history.

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The listed title of this book is wrong
The correct title is "The Vulcan Academy Murders", and it is one of the best Star Trek books out there. A great read for anyone who loves SF or just a well-written book, as well.

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not worth the effort
In the genre of murder mysteries you do tend to expect a mystery. This book is unique in the genre as the reader knows who done it, why, how, and with what, before the first murder takes place.
It is not unique in the area of Star Trek follow up fiction in as much as you wish the author could write believable characters. There were many occasions when you wished you could hit Kirk (cast as the detective) upside the head for being obtruse and ignorant.

I wish the author would find another hobby.