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The Square Root Of Murder (2011)

by Ada Madison(Favorite Author)

3.49 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0425242196 (ISBN13: 9780425242193)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Berkley

series

Sophie Knowles

review 1: Finally, after the last several books I've read have been pretty much duds, I found a good one! Ada Madison has 2 other series: Miniature Mysteries (as Margaret Grace) about an amateur sleuth who does doll houses and other miniature crafts and the Periodic Table Mysteries (as Camille Minichino) about a retired physicist who helps solve crimes - she got to oxygen before changing to a short story format for fluorine. I have read both of those series and enjoyed them. This book is in a new series about a math professor at a small college who gets involved with crime-solving. There is also a tiny bit about beading since her best friend owns a bead shop and some brain teaser/puzzles since she does this on the side. I really enjoyed the mystery (although I figured it out f... moreairly early). The writing flows nicely and there is subtle humor. This main character is a little younger (40's) than in the other two series, so, hopefully, it will stay distinct from them. All of her books tell a good story and also give good and interesting info on the subject (the periodic table ones may be a little geeky, but that's a good thing because so am I!).
review 2: The protagonist of this series is a math professor at a small liberal arts college in Massachusetts whose passion is helping math fearful students become comfortable with the subject. She has a side job writing puzzles and brain teasers for publication. She's an interesting and likable character, but interestingly enough the most interesting character in this book is the one who ends up dead. We never actually meet him, but a fellow professor who was disliked in life, he turns out to have been a person of many contrasts. This is a very light book - just what I seem to be able to handle right now, so I enjoyed it and would definitely read more by this author, a retired physicist. less

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