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Book Details
Murder at the Waterfront (The Academic Mom Mysteries)
Traditional Mystery/Amateur Sleuth
3rd in Series
Setting – Washington D.C.
Publisher : Speaking Volumes, LLC
Publication date : May 19, 2026
Print length : 230 pages
Paperback
ISBN-13 : 979-8890224279
ASIN : B0H2C46SXZ
Digital
ISBN-13 : 979-8890224262
ASIN : B0H279G98V
She’s mastered the art of work-life balance—until murder tips the scales.
Assistant professor Cara Knight juggles raising two preschoolers, teaching social work, and chasing tenure, with a dean intent on derailing her hopes. When one of her students is arrested for murdering Washington D.C.’s chief medical examiner, and Cara inserts herself into the investigation, she risks far more than her career. Convinced of her student’s innocence, Cara stumbles into a tangle of city politics, grieving families, and secrets someone would kill to keep buried.
Can she diagnose the cause of death before she too ends up in the morgue?
Murder at the Waterfront is Book Three in the Academic Mom Mysteries. If you like clever sleuths, dry humor, and twisty whodunits, then you’ll love Jacque Rosman’s well-plotted puzzle.
About Jacque Rosman
Jacque Rosman writes the Academic Mom Mystery series, featuring Cara Knight, a social work professor whose research instincts keep pulling her into investigations that are decidedly off-syllabus. With wry humor, Jacque mines the absurdity of academia and motherhood for a series that’s equal parts twisty and true-to-life, set in the nation’s capital. When she’s not plotting murders, Jacque can be found juggling her own version of the academic mom life. Join the newsletter for updates on Cara’s next case and the meals that she can get all her family to eat.
Author Links
Website http://www.JacquelineCorcoran.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JacquelineCorcoranAuthor/
GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/?ref=nav_home
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-corcoran-362b5124/
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Tour Participants
July 20 – deal sharing aunt – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
July 21 – Salty Inspirations – AUTHOR GUEST POST
July 22 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
July 22 – Sarandipity’s – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 23 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
July 23 – Baroness Book Trove – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
July 24 – StoreyBook Reviews – CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 24 – Carla Loves To Read – SPOTLIGHT
July 25 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT
July 26 – Books1987 – SPOTLIGHT
July 27 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 28 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 28 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
July 29 – FUONLYKNEW – RECIPE
July 29 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 30 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
July 31 – Romance Novel Giveaways – AUTHOR GUEST POST
July 31 – Book Hookup – REVIEW
Author Interview
What is your favorite part of this book and why?
My favorite part is learning about new subjects. In Murder at the Waterfront, I had to learn about city politics, campaign financing, the fentanyl trade, and forensic pathology, for starters, in order to build a credible world and mystery.
If you could spend time with a character from your book, who would it be, and what would you do during that day?
It would probably be Cara, since it’s no secret she’s an alter ego. I would love to be on a crime-solving mission, running around and pursuing leads, trading theories back and forth.
What books/authors have most inspired you?
I’ve always loved reading mysteries. I started with Agatha Christie at 12, then, in my mid-twenties, turned almost exclusively to mystery novels. I craved plot, and at the time, I was working as a police social worker, so crime-solving tales were a natural. I mostly read female authors. Deborah Crombie, Elizabeth George, and Karin Slaughter are a few recognizable names.
On the cozy side, I particularly like the long-running series by Laure Levine, Leslie Meier, and Laurien Berenson.
Are your characters based on real people, or did they come entirely from your imagination?
It’s about 50%-50%. Some characters are drawn almost whole-cloth, but I think I’ll be okay because: 1) most people don’t read, and 2) I’ve heard people might not even recognize themselves. Of course, others have to be made up entirely. A mystery requires a very full cast.
What made you want to become a writer?
This was an early dream. My mother remembers me telling her at seven that I was going to be an author, and I remember it too, along with the reason: I loved reading so much that I wanted to evoke that feeling in others. In fiction, readers actually experience what’s happening: they take the author’s words and create their own pictures and story in their mind. That’s the co-creating
connection I want to have with readers.
Giveaway
Prize – An e-Book of Murder at the Waterfront (The Academic Mom Mysteries) by Jacque Rosman US Only
