"Courting Doubt and Darkness" is the second in the "Carlisle Crime Cases" series of murder mysteries featuring Homicide detectives Christopher Snow and Erin McCoy by Jody McGibney West, pseudonym for Joan M. West, Professor Emerita of English Studies at Harrisburg Area Community College, The Gettysburg Campus. She also taught at Messiah College and Shippensburg University as an adjunct and served as Assistant Director of the Learning Center (SU). She has previously published poetry and "Glory in the Flower," her debut novel. It depicts four coeds who meet during the turbulent sixties.