Book Review: The Carbon Murder

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

The Carbon Murder     Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Camille Minichino
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Police Procedural   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth   Scientific based
Series: Gloria Lamerino # 6
Thomas Dunne, Hardback, 3/04, 258 pages, $23.95

Gloria Lamerino is now a police consultant. She is a retired research professor and physicist. Her goddaughter M. C. Galigani believes her ex-boyfriend Jake Powers is stalking her. Wayne Gallen, a former co-worker, shows up to warn her that she’s in danger because of some misdirected e-mail.

Then a student of M.C.’s that was an undercover private investigator is murdered. Gloria is very concerned about the whole situation.

Gloria’s boyfriend, Matt Geneva, is a police detective. He isn’t very involved in this case as he has just been diagnosed with prostrate cancer. Gloria is torn between helping M. C. and taking care of Matt.

Gloria uncovers an illegal medical experiment run by someone who doesn’t seem to stop at murder. Can she protect M. C. while bringing everything to light?

This was the first I’ve read in this series. I will definitely be reading more of this series. Gloria is such a likeable character. I was so worried that since this series is the periodic table series, there would be too much scientific talk. That wasn’t the case. She uses her knowledge of science, but the book is very enjoyable to those who don’t know science.

I highly recommend this book.

Dawn Dowdle

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