If anybody is curious, the book turned out to be

[conuly]

"The Murder Complex" by Lindsay Cummings. The person who helped find it was also trying to remember the title, and had enough additional details to push them over the edge.

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Comments

[grav_ity]

That was actually on my list! But I couldn't remember enough details and was too lazy to look it up. lol

[minoanmiss]

Dr Fluffy Jones!

[adafrog]

Interesting.