Murderous ink: A case of rhetorical killing

A late night call from a terrified and indignant “Loud-Man” leads private investigator Noman into the murky depths of the academic underworld to solve the mysterious death of the organization. No corpse, no solid clues and an elusive motive make life hard for Noman. Gradually it becomes clear that detective Noman is battling with the wily Murderous Ink; a gang of anonymous authors with the power to turn organizational life into dead structures. Inspired by the great francophone detectives, Poirot and Maigret, Noman follows the established “cherchez-la-femme” path and comes face-to-face with the unwittingly well-organized Miss M. In a typically theatrical denouement, Noman reveals how the rhetorical killer was both guilty and innocent at the same time, but leaves the academic world with the task of reconciling itself with a dilemma that will more than likely find Noman with new subtle cases to solve.