The Carbon Murder : A Periodic Table Mystery

Rating:
Summary: fabulous crime thriller
Review: After retiring from her job as a research professor at a California college, physicist Gloria Lamerino returns to her hometown of Revere, Massachusetts. In her late fifties, she met the love of her life homicide detective Matt Geneva and after a two-year courtship, she moves into his home. Matt undergoes a physical that reveals he suffers from prostrate cancer.

Meanwhile Gloria, a police consultant, is forced to work with Matt's partner on a case that is very close to her heart. Her goddaughter M.C. Galigani, who left her teaching and research position in Houston, believes that her abusive ex-boyfriend Jake Powers is stalking her. Her former coworker Wayne Gallen is the one who shows up at her apartment warning of the danger she is in because of a misdirected email. When a private investigator posing as a student of M.C. is found murdered in Revere, Gloria really starts to worry. Between taking care of Matt and connecting the dots on an illegal medical experiment run by someone who doesn't hesitate to kill those who get in his way, Gloria is busier than when she worked two jobs on the Pacific coast.

Two of the reasons Camille Minichino's mysteries are popular is that they are intelligent and believable. The heroine is a police consultant who handles herself in a professional manner, which gives her legitimacy to readers who appreciate some realism in their novels. Superb plotting, likeable characters and enough romance to appeal to fans of that genre turn THE CARBON MURDER into a fabulous crime thriller

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: fabulous crime thriller
Review: After retiring from her job as a research professor at a California college, physicist Gloria Lamerino returns to her hometown of Revere, Massachusetts. In her late fifties, she met the love of her life homicide detective Matt Geneva and after a two-year courtship, she moves into his home. Matt undergoes a physical that reveals he suffers from prostrate cancer.

Meanwhile Gloria, a police consultant, is forced to work with Matt's partner on a case that is very close to her heart. Her goddaughter M.C. Galigani, who left her teaching and research position in Houston, believes that her abusive ex-boyfriend Jake Powers is stalking her. Her former coworker Wayne Gallen is the one who shows up at her apartment warning of the danger she is in because of a misdirected email. When a private investigator posing as a student of M.C. is found murdered in Revere, Gloria really starts to worry. Between taking care of Matt and connecting the dots on an illegal medical experiment run by someone who doesn't hesitate to kill those who get in his way, Gloria is busier than when she worked two jobs on the Pacific coast.

Two of the reasons Camille Minichino's mysteries are popular is that they are intelligent and believable. The heroine is a police consultant who handles herself in a professional manner, which gives her legitimacy to readers who appreciate some realism in their novels. Superb plotting, likeable characters and enough romance to appeal to fans of that genre turn THE CARBON MURDER into a fabulous crime thriller

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: A Smart and Witty "Periodic Table" Mystery
Review: Buckyballs, show horses, and cancer treatments. This sounds like an unlikely combination, but it's exactly what's offered in "The Carbon Mystery." Retired physicist turned crime consultant returns to solving murders in Revere, Massachusetts in this sixth entry in Camille Minichino's "Periodic Table" mysteries. These great mysteries feature the intelligent, very likable retired physics reasearcher Dr. Gloria Lamerino, who works as a consultant to the Revere Police Department when her scientific expertise is needed.

In this story, Gloria's god-daughter Mary Catherine (M.C.) Galigani has just moved back to her hometown of Revere from Houston, Texas. M.C. is looking for a new job and is also trying to get away from a boyfriend who had been abusive in the past. M.C. is pursued relentlessly by a stalker in the story, and quickly several murder victims are found, all from the Houston area. Fearing that M.C. is in danger, Dr. Lamerino is anxious to find the murderer and put him or her behind bars.

Rating:
Summary: a great cozy
Review: I enjoy Ms. Minichino's books. You can't help but learn a little about physics and she explains things quite well and in layman's terms.

This mystery involves "buckyballs", horses, research, computer ID chips and of course murder or murders. As if Gloria doesn't have enough to cope with, throw in cancer, friends in danger and a spiteful lover's sister. If you really like cozies, this is highly recommended!