A review of the mystery novel, “A Dangerous Thing” by Sarah Harrison, focusing on the difficulties of reconciling an intellectual life and an emotional life.
This paper discusses the mystery novel, “A Dangerous Thing” by Sarah Harrison and illustrates the central theme of how surface images are revealed to have a dark side. The story is outlined, including the academic setting and the tragic events which occur. The paper provides a brief history of the author and describes her writing style.
“The mystery novel “A Dangerous Thing” by Sarah Harrison is set in a university. This gives what could be a typical example of mystery genre fiction a kind of verisimilitude rare in such a work. The petty politicking amongst professors, the stultifying life of an academic, and the difficulties of reconciling an intellectual life and an emotional life, are detailed just as carefully as more typical hair-raising examples of “who done it” plot devices.”