3.5

Professor Connor Nye steals a manuscript a student was working on when that student disappears. Then the book gets published and the girl reappears to claim it. When he refuses because he could lose his job and tenure, the police are on him... Not for stealing the story but because OF the story and the murder inside that's very like a murder of a woman 2 years ago.

I felt a bit bad for Connor because of the loss of his family and his lost way, but I don't feel bad for what he goes through all because he won't admit to stealing the story. A lot could have been avoided (of course then no real book here either). This turns out to be nothing more than a "boys club" of jealousy, betrayed, murder and cover up. I didn't feel bad for how it all turned out.