Death at the University

A decades-old bombing.

A sister presumed dead.

A body never found.

Thirty-five years ago, a quiet college town was shattered by violence.

A bomb exploded in a university science building, killing a respected professor and igniting a campus-wide investigation. Within days, the case appeared to close-two suspects were caught, and a third, Katherine Waite, was presumed dead after a tragic kayaking accident on the Mississippi River.

But Katherine's body was never found.

Now, decades later, her younger sister Sonja Hovland stumbles across long-forgotten newspaper clippings that reopen old wounds and raise new questions. Why was Katherine on the river alone at midnight? Was her death truly an accident, or something far more deliberate?

As Sonja begins digging into the past, she uncovers a tangled web of secrets, rumors, and half-truths that refuse to stay buried. With the reluctant support of her husband and the wary eye of local law enforcement, she sets out to uncover what really happened the night her sister disappeared.

But some truths are dangerous.

And some people were never meant to be found.

Sue Berg is a Wisconsin native and a cheerleader for the Midwestern way of life. The beauty of Wisconsin, the authenticity of its people, and the rural way of life are all ideals she incorporates into her novels. Since retiring from a teaching career that spanned thirty-two years, Sue has pursued writing full-time and has completed six novels in the award-winning Driftless Mystery Series set in coulees and bluffs of La Crosse, Wisconsin and Death at the Dentist, the first novel in The Dirty Business Mystery Series, which features housecleaner, Sonja Hovland and her blue-collar cohorts.

Sue resides in the beautiful Driftless Area near Viroqua, Wisconsin with her husband, Alan. She enjoys gardening, quilting, writing, and camping on the Mississippi River with her family.