Lori C. (dollycas) reviewed The Probability of Murder (Professor Sophie Knowles, Bk 2) on + 712 more book reviews
Dr. Sophie Knowles is a rare college professor who has a way of making the most complex math problems fun for her students. She hosts weekly parties celebrating famous scientists and mathematicians. They are quite popular with the students.
The fun quickly ends when Charlotte Crocker, Sophies friend and college librarian, is found dead in the stacks. Everyone loved Charlotte until it was learned that her entire life was just a web of lies. Sophie cant believe the woman she knew had such a checkered past. So instead of grabbing a couple of days away with her boyfriend Bruce, she needs to do her own homework and formulate a plan to catch the killer before there are any more deductions of students or staff. She is on her own as Bruce takes off on a ice mountain climb, so she has to worry about him too!!
Dollycas Thoughts
College campuses are full of big, old buildings full of mystery. They are also full of plenty of suspects. Sophie is very distracted in this story by events involving her boyfriend but it doesnt stop her from working her way through the clues to solve the problems doing her best to catch the culprit. The author combines both situations is a very exciting and entertaining way.
If math was not your favorite or best subject there is no need to be afraid of this series. Being a mathematics professor you may think Sophie takes a very analytical approach to solving the crime, but she is more of an emotional solver when it comes to finding this murderer. She is also very open to having pizza with the Bruces friend, Detective Virgil Mitchell to pump him for information.
This is a fun, captivating cozy to escape into today!!
The fun quickly ends when Charlotte Crocker, Sophies friend and college librarian, is found dead in the stacks. Everyone loved Charlotte until it was learned that her entire life was just a web of lies. Sophie cant believe the woman she knew had such a checkered past. So instead of grabbing a couple of days away with her boyfriend Bruce, she needs to do her own homework and formulate a plan to catch the killer before there are any more deductions of students or staff. She is on her own as Bruce takes off on a ice mountain climb, so she has to worry about him too!!
Dollycas Thoughts
College campuses are full of big, old buildings full of mystery. They are also full of plenty of suspects. Sophie is very distracted in this story by events involving her boyfriend but it doesnt stop her from working her way through the clues to solve the problems doing her best to catch the culprit. The author combines both situations is a very exciting and entertaining way.
If math was not your favorite or best subject there is no need to be afraid of this series. Being a mathematics professor you may think Sophie takes a very analytical approach to solving the crime, but she is more of an emotional solver when it comes to finding this murderer. She is also very open to having pizza with the Bruces friend, Detective Virgil Mitchell to pump him for information.
This is a fun, captivating cozy to escape into today!!
Tim H. (Timbuktu126) reviewed The Probability of Murder (Professor Sophie Knowles, Bk 2) on + 481 more book reviews
I liked the first book in this series and I enjoyed this one too. It definitely had an original premise when it came to what the victim was hiding. Being from Massachusetts, it was fun to see the names of routes and places that really do exist in the state. I've already ordered the next in this series.
*I will say there were WAY too many pages wasted on the subplot about Sophie's BF and his mountain climbing expedition. Had those pages been eliminated, I likely would have given this a 5 star rating.
*I will say there were WAY too many pages wasted on the subplot about Sophie's BF and his mountain climbing expedition. Had those pages been eliminated, I likely would have given this a 5 star rating.
enjoying this series..even tho math is not my forte
