The Probability of Murder

The Probability of Murder
Author: Camille Minichino
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Math Professor Sophie Knowles finds herself in the middle of an investigation after her friend, Henley College librarian, Charlotte Crocker, is found dead in the stacks. When Sophie learns that Charlotte wasn't the quiet, law-abiding citizen she seemed to be, she sets out to determine who her friend really was, and to find her killer. As she deals with a group of lottery players, winners and losers, the odds are Sophie will solve the puzzle.

The Quotient of Murder

The Quotient of Murder
Author: Ada Madison
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013
Genre: Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
ISBN: 0425262707

Dr. Sophie Knowles loves using puzzles to make math fun for students. But when winter seizes Henley College, she must thaw out a cold case to track down a killer--her most difficult puzzle yet . . . Winter Intersession is in full swing, and campus is buzzing over the concert celebrating the bell tower's reopening. The building has been shuttered for twenty-five years, and Sophie's shocked to learn why--a student leapt from it to her death. But she's even more troubled by the secrecy surrounding the case. After Sophie performs some quick calculations, she's left with a nagging question: Was it really suicide? When one of Sophie's favorite students, a performer in the concert, is brutally beaten and left in a coma, Sophie's mind kicks into overdrive. The horrific incidents seem too coincidental to be unrelated, but can Sophie put together the pieces from a twenty-five-year-old murder before any other students get hurt?

A Function of Murder

A Function of Murder
Author: Camille Minichino
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2019-09-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Math Professor Sophie Knowles is looking forward to some time off for the summer, but things do not go as planned. The graduates are complaining about the mayor who gave the commencement address, one student is upset about her grade and vents on social media, and just when she is about to escape all of the drama to take a stroll with her helicopter pilot boyfriend, they’re interrupted by the mayor himself as he falls into the campus fountain with a knife in his back. Sophie dives into all the scandal and corruption that seems to connect to the mayor and finds his killer.

The Square Root of Murder

The Square Root of Murder
Author: Camille Minichino
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2019-08-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Math Professor Sophie Knowles shares her teaching venue with many other math and science faculty, most of whom she gets along with. But one in particular gives Sophie and her teaching assistant, Rachel, a hard time, thus annoying both women. When this colleague, a professor of chemistry, is found dead, poisoned in his office, Rachel is the prime suspect. It’s up to Sophie to put her talent for designing and solving puzzles to use to find his killer.

Mayhem in Miniature

Mayhem in Miniature
Author: Camille Minichino
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2021-03-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Now that Geraldine Porter is retired, she's got time to devote to her favorite craft. You'd think the world of shoe-box-sized Victorian shadow boxes and little ceramic bathtubs would be trouble free. But Gerry's problems are anything but tiny... Gerry likes working in a smaller scale, yet her to-do list is anything but. Between creating a miniature Victorian room box for the holiday auction, teaching crafts at the Mary Todd Retirement Home, and watching her granddaughter, her calendar is bursting with holiday cheer—until she has to add in a murder investigation. The gardener at the nursing home has been found dead, and one of her very own craft students, eighty-seven-year-old Sofia Muniz, is the prime suspect. With the help of a friend and fellow crafter, Gerry turns the home upside down trying to clear Sofia's name. What she uncovers in this upscale community is not a tiny can of worms—it's more like a twisted bunch of foul snakes. And it's up to Gerry to shrink the mystery down to size...

Murder in Miniature

Murder in Miniature
Author: Camille Minichino
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-03-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Now that Geraldine Porter is retired, she's got time to devote to her favorite craft. You'd think the world of shoe-box-sized Victorian shadowboxes and little ceramic bathtubs would be trouble free. But Gerry's problems are anything but tiny... As chairwoman of the local Dollhouse and Miniatures Fair and babysitter for her precocious granddaughter, Gerry's got enough to think about without the curious behavior of her friend Linda Reed. Misfortune seems to follow Linda like a string of melted glue from a low-end glue gun. So when Linda and her prized miniature Governor Winthrop desk go missing the morning of the fair, a worried and annoyed Gerry gets stuck manning two tables alone. Before the week is out, a young woman and prominent townsperson are murdered, and Linda's Governor Winthrop turns up in a most bizarre place. Then someone starts threatening Gerry. And Linda knows more than she lets on. Now Gerry must get to the bottom of things, or it's going to be big trouble...

Mix-Up in Miniature

Mix-Up in Miniature
Author: Camille Minichino
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2021-12-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Geraldine Porter is thrilled to meet bestselling author and miniatures enthusiast Varena Young. The celebrity seems to seek friendship with Gerry and her crafts group, and makes a generous offer of a house from her collection for a library fund-raiser. But Young is suddenly murdered, and Gerry is left to investigate the crime. She and her eleven-year-old granddaughter Maddie delve for information on Young's mysterious past, and they find a clue to her murder in a secret room...of a dollhouse.

Matrimony in Miniature

Matrimony in Miniature
Author: Camille Minichino
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2021-12-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

When murder happens in the small town of Lincoln Point CA, there aren't many degrees of separation between the victim and retired teacher Gerry Porter. How can she stay away from the investigation when the crime scene is the venue for her marriage to Henry Baker? But this time, nephew Detective Skip Gowen tries to discourage Gerry's and granddaughter Maddie's efforts to solve The Case. He couldn't live with himself if the murderer learns of their efforts and comes after them....

Manhattan in Miniature

Manhattan in Miniature
Author: Camille Minichino
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2021-12-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Perhaps Manhattan, like Christmas, is best seen through the eyes of a child. Gerry Porter provides both magical experiences for granddaughter Maddie when a SuperKrafts manager takes them to New York City for a huge crafts fair. They get to work on both making miniatures and solving crimes, the detecting duo's favorite pastimes. All this, plus Rockefeller Center and Radio City, too! But a crafty murderer wants to make sure they don t make it safely home again to California.

Malice in Miniature

Malice in Miniature
Author: Camille Minichino
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2021-07-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Now that Geraldine Porter is retired, she's got time to devote to her favorite craft. You'd think the world of shoe-box-sized Victorian shadowboxes and little ceramic bathtubs would be trouble free. But Gerry's problems are anything but tiny... When her son's family descends on her quiet home, crafty miniaturist Geraldine Porter is absolutely thrilled. Now she has the help of her adorable granddaughter, Maddie, to complete a room box in time for "the Real President's Day" of Lincoln Point. But when trouble looms over the event, she'll need to enlist her little helper for a much bigger project. Gerry's neighbor June Chinn has shocking news. June's friend Zoe has been arrested for murder. Zoe's boyfriend, a local artist, was found artfully killed -- and now June desperately needs help. But Gerry soon discovers that there are some unsavory folks who think that Gerry's better off sticking to room boxes than sticking her nose where it doesn't belong...