A Simple Suburban Murder

Mark Richard Zubro. St. Martin's Press, $8.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-312-03933-2

A high school English teacher in suburban Chicago sets out to find the murderer of a very unpopular colleague in this ``competently written'' debut. PW noted that the mystery is ``surprisingly entertaining in spite of its focus: child homosexual prostitution and snuff movies, among other unsavory topics.'' (Dec.)

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