School is back in session--and it's murder Janette West is a girl who takes murder seriously--especially if it's her own. Having once escaped the clutches of school teacher Jacob Noonan in junior high, she comes face to face again with the threat of his evil when she returns after a long absence to finish high school. Confident that she can stay our of danger, Janette determines to discover his method for seduction and murder of the girls who weren't as lucky as she. With the help of classmates and a particularly handsome and mysterious faculty member named David Conrad, she's about to put Jacob Noonan out of business--until she finds herself in the trap he set for her. The After School Murders is book one in The War This Side of Heaven, a mystery/romance trilogy and ongoing series. The Route 66 trail of adventure will continue in book two, Man Trouble, and concludes with book three, Killing Old Ghosts.