A Dangerous Thing

I love mysteries. I've been reading them for 30 years. I am especially fond of humorous and witty mysteries. When I read this book a couple of years ago, I got hooked on Bill Crider. I've read all the Dan Rhodes books and most of the Truman Smith books. But I like this one, about the Texas junior college professor Dr. Carl Burns, the best. It's more upbeat than the Truman and Dan books. It's full of Texas humor and wit (my favorite chapter is the one about the goat) but the professor doesn't get beaten up several times per book like poor Dan and Truman always do.