Leonard “Kris” Krishtalka, Director Emeritus, KU Biodiversity Institute,and Professor Emeritus of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Kris will discuss and read from his 2024 novel, Native Blood, the fourth in his Harry Przewalski Mystery Series. The haunted and cerebral private detective is brought in to investigate the murder of a much-despised professor (in Spooner Hall!). The deeper Harry digs in his pursuit of justice, the more layers (and suspects) he unearths. Fans of noir fiction will enjoy the dark mood, the complex plot and the evocative language. Copies of Native Blood and the other Harry Przewalski novels will be available at the
presentation (20% off for all four as a set), along with copies of Kris’ The Body on the Bed, an historical fiction set in post-Civil War Lawrence.