Comments from other authors on “The Red Queen’s Run”
“With “The Red Queen’s Run”, Bourne Morris has crafted a suspenseful, thoughtful, sexy debut: a novel that not only addresses the petty jealousies and rages and scandals that exist in a college setting, but that also takes the time to note the ways a good, smart, conscientious educator can counteract them. Her hero, Red Solaris, is vulnerable but tough, complex but straight-shooting, a woman learning how to wield power by remembering what it’s like to have little of it. I’ll read about her adventures anytime. Long live the Queen!”
Christopher Coake, author of You Came Back
“Former university professor Bourne Morris proves herself a masterful storyteller in this compelling debut novel. ‘The Red Queen’s Run” is compulsive reading as it takes on the ripped-from-the-headlines topic of campus violence. I can’t wait to follow its smart new heroine, “Red” Solaris as this trilogy continues.”
Alan Deutschman, author of Change or Die
“When a lonely, attractive journalism professor is swept up in a murder mystery, her curious mind and tough refusal to cave in to intimidation leads her into danger...and a volatile romance. The Red Queen’s Run is a psychological thriller that reveals the Ivory Tower to be a hothouse full of monstrous egos, where bullying thrives long past playground days and “academic discipline” requires research skills of the detective kind.”
Kate Manning, author of My Notorious Life
“Bourne Morris’ long career in academia pays dividends to the reader in behind-the-office-door details and drama that bring life to Meredith “Red” Solaris’s dilemma as interim dean to a squabbling groups of cheats and scoundrels. One of them has killed her friend, the former dean, and as the ethics professor – and the ethical backbone of this novel—Red Solaris is compelling as she stumbles through her new role and toward the truth.”
Lori Rader-Day, author of The Black Hour
“The Red Queen’s Run” is a racy and delightful peek into academia’s darker corners. Bourne Morris clearly knows this microcosm as well as anyone, and lucky for us, she also knows how to turn a phrase, twist a plot and spin one hell of a yarn.”
Ben Rogers, author of The Flamer
And from the Academy:
“Those murder mystery fans who appreciate the sense of place of an academic novel will particularly enjoy “The Red Queen’s Run”. This first mystery in a trilogy by Bourne Morris, an academic herself, is more biting than comedic. Dean Solaris, the eponymous “Red Queen”, is a well-developed character who should go the distance in a trilogy. Other characters ring true as well, and the evolving romantic interest is particularly well done. The novel makes the reader look forward to the next development in the character’s lives.”
Heather Hardy, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada, Reno
“With “The Red Queen’s Run”, Bourne Morris has crafted a suspenseful, thoughtful, sexy debut: a novel that not only addresses the petty jealousies and rages and scandals that exist in a college setting, but that also takes the time to note the ways a good, smart, conscientious educator can counteract them. Her hero, Red Solaris, is vulnerable but tough, complex but straight-shooting, a woman learning how to wield power by remembering what it’s like to have little of it. I’ll read about her adventures anytime. Long live the Queen!”
Christopher Coake, author of You Came Back
“Former university professor Bourne Morris proves herself a masterful storyteller in this compelling debut novel. ‘The Red Queen’s Run” is compulsive reading as it takes on the ripped-from-the-headlines topic of campus violence. I can’t wait to follow its smart new heroine, “Red” Solaris as this trilogy continues.”
Alan Deutschman, author of Change or Die
“When a lonely, attractive journalism professor is swept up in a murder mystery, her curious mind and tough refusal to cave in to intimidation leads her into danger...and a volatile romance. The Red Queen’s Run is a psychological thriller that reveals the Ivory Tower to be a hothouse full of monstrous egos, where bullying thrives long past playground days and “academic discipline” requires research skills of the detective kind.”
Kate Manning, author of My Notorious Life
“Bourne Morris’ long career in academia pays dividends to the reader in behind-the-office-door details and drama that bring life to Meredith “Red” Solaris’s dilemma as interim dean to a squabbling groups of cheats and scoundrels. One of them has killed her friend, the former dean, and as the ethics professor – and the ethical backbone of this novel—Red Solaris is compelling as she stumbles through her new role and toward the truth.”
Lori Rader-Day, author of The Black Hour
“The Red Queen’s Run” is a racy and delightful peek into academia’s darker corners. Bourne Morris clearly knows this microcosm as well as anyone, and lucky for us, she also knows how to turn a phrase, twist a plot and spin one hell of a yarn.”
Ben Rogers, author of The Flamer
And from the Academy:
“Those murder mystery fans who appreciate the sense of place of an academic novel will particularly enjoy “The Red Queen’s Run”. This first mystery in a trilogy by Bourne Morris, an academic herself, is more biting than comedic. Dean Solaris, the eponymous “Red Queen”, is a well-developed character who should go the distance in a trilogy. Other characters ring true as well, and the evolving romantic interest is particularly well done. The novel makes the reader look forward to the next development in the character’s lives.”
Heather Hardy, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada, Reno