*Full Title:* . . . Or Perish
*Description:* “I really like Mercator J. Eliasson. He’s funny, a bit pompous, smart, and has a well-developed eye for women. Quam has mapped out a fine future for Mercator.“
—Barbara D’Amato, author
of Death of a Thousand Cuts
“Quam’s debut novel poses an engaging academic controversy which provoked me to ponder reflectively, even so, the novel’s suspense compelled me to read it to the end in a single sitting.“
—Reynold F. Nesiba
Ph.D. Economics
Joel Quam
Alumni director Mercator Eliasson didn’t anticipate that his work at Masterton College, a liberal arts college in smalltown Minnesota, would place him in the middle of a murder investigation. His beautiful but estranged wife, Carole, requests that he help her friend Jill Moreland escape a murder charge. Mercator agrees out of a desperate need to regain
Carole’s favor. When Moreland, a geography professor, turns out to have both motive and opportunity for the murder, Mercator’s likelihood of success becomes tenuous. On top of that, his inquiries uncover a complex academic controversy
where choosing sides may lead to murder.
*Author:* Joel Quam
*Page Count:* 292 pages
*ISBN-10:* 0-87839-328-5
*ISBN-13:* 978-0-87839-328-2
<p><strong>Full Title:</strong> . . . Or Perish</p>
<p><strong>Description:</strong> “I really like Mercator J. Eliasson. He’s funny, a bit pompous, smart, and has a well-developed eye for women. Quam has mapped out a fine future for Mercator.“<br />
—Barbara D’Amato, author<br />
of Death of a Thousand Cuts<br />
“Quam’s debut novel poses an engaging academic controversy which provoked me to ponder reflectively, even so, the novel’s suspense compelled me to read it to the end in a single sitting.“<br />
—Reynold F. Nesiba<br />
Ph.D. Economics<br />
Joel Quam</p>
<p>Alumni director Mercator Eliasson didn’t anticipate that his work at Masterton College, a liberal arts college in smalltown Minnesota, would place him in the middle of a murder investigation. His beautiful but estranged wife, Carole, requests that he help her friend Jill Moreland escape a murder charge. Mercator agrees out of a desperate need to regain<br />
Carole’s favor. When Moreland, a geography professor, turns out to have both motive and opportunity for the murder, Mercator’s likelihood of success becomes tenuous. On top of that, his inquiries uncover a complex academic controversy<br />
where choosing sides may lead to murder.</p>
<p><strong>Author:</strong> Joel Quam</p>
<p><strong>Page Count:</strong> 292 pages</p>
<p><strong><span class="caps">ISBN</span>-10:</strong> 0-87839-328-5</p>
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