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cj_mo_2222's review against another edition
5.0
Professor Sophie Knowles is proud, but a little saddened when a new class of graduates is preparing to leave Henley College. Not all of the staff are pleased with the choice of Mayor Ed Graves for the commencement speaker, but could someone have been angry enough to kill over the decision? Sophie and her boyfriend Bruce Granville discover the mayor’s body and it’s obvious he is a victim of murder. Sophie didn’t know him well, but because the mayor had tried to contact her before his death, she feels compelled to look into the case. However, are her intelligence and cool logic enough to catch a killer?
This is the third book in this clever series and it is just as excellent as the prior books. Sophie is a wonderful main character. She is someone anyone would want as a friend or as a professor. She is supportive, kind, and hard-working. I like that her boyfriend Bruce worries about her, but doesn’t try to keep her from getting involved in all the investigations she finds herself mixed up in. He even helps her by sharing information he learns on the job as a medevac helicopter pilot with friends in the police department. Sophie is a great investigator, looking logically at the situation. However, at the end, she does act careless and end up in grave danger, which seems out of character for such an otherwise intelligent woman.
“A Function of Murder” is a clever mystery and will keep your interest until the end to find out who murdered Mayor Graves. The college setting is interesting and I enjoy the look at academic politics. The sometimes controversial charter schools play a large part in this mystery. Sometimes the books focus a lot on Sophie’s personal life with her boyfriend Bruce and her friends Fran and Arianna. However, most of this book has to do with Sophie’s relationship with her students, and one of them has information that is important to the murder investigation. I love this series as well as the author’s other series written under the names Margaret Grace and Camille Minichino. Fans of the author will enjoy “A Function of Murder” from the very first chapter to the challenging puzzles at the end. New readers who enjoy author Casey Mayes or anyone looking for a clean, intelligent, fun cozy mystery will want to get to know Dr. Sophie Knowles and the world of Henley College.
This is the third book in this clever series and it is just as excellent as the prior books. Sophie is a wonderful main character. She is someone anyone would want as a friend or as a professor. She is supportive, kind, and hard-working. I like that her boyfriend Bruce worries about her, but doesn’t try to keep her from getting involved in all the investigations she finds herself mixed up in. He even helps her by sharing information he learns on the job as a medevac helicopter pilot with friends in the police department. Sophie is a great investigator, looking logically at the situation. However, at the end, she does act careless and end up in grave danger, which seems out of character for such an otherwise intelligent woman.
“A Function of Murder” is a clever mystery and will keep your interest until the end to find out who murdered Mayor Graves. The college setting is interesting and I enjoy the look at academic politics. The sometimes controversial charter schools play a large part in this mystery. Sometimes the books focus a lot on Sophie’s personal life with her boyfriend Bruce and her friends Fran and Arianna. However, most of this book has to do with Sophie’s relationship with her students, and one of them has information that is important to the murder investigation. I love this series as well as the author’s other series written under the names Margaret Grace and Camille Minichino. Fans of the author will enjoy “A Function of Murder” from the very first chapter to the challenging puzzles at the end. New readers who enjoy author Casey Mayes or anyone looking for a clean, intelligent, fun cozy mystery will want to get to know Dr. Sophie Knowles and the world of Henley College.
dollycas's review against another edition
5.0
Math Professor Sophie Knowles is looking forward to some time off as this year’s class graduates, 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 things go horribly wrong. They are interrupted by the mayor himself as he falls into the fountain with a knife in his back. Sophie is shocked to find out the mayor was seeking her out for help before he was killed. Solving this murder in’t going to be easy but Sophie is ready to show her work as she tries delve into all the scandal and corruption that seems to connect to the mayor and find out how she fits into this criminal equation.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Sophie is such a fun protagonist. She really doesn’t want to get all wrapped up in a murder investigation but she just can’t help herself. Her boyfriend does his best to keep her safe but they can’t be together 24/7. Thankfully she has a great relationship with Detective Virgil Mitchell. The killer really surprised me. I figured it out at the same time Sophie did. It was a puzzler with quite a suspenseful ending.
The subplot of the student that is unhappy with her grades was wonderful. I am sure teachers near and far deal with this problem. With social media the student can take their issue to the masses making resolution difficult especially when “friends” take the problem to a whole new level.
Ada Madison has written three marvelous main characters, surrounded them with a group of very interesting individuals in a setting ripe for mystery. Add it all together and A Function of Murder equals an absolutely impressive whodunit.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Sophie is such a fun protagonist. She really doesn’t want to get all wrapped up in a murder investigation but she just can’t help herself. Her boyfriend does his best to keep her safe but they can’t be together 24/7. Thankfully she has a great relationship with Detective Virgil Mitchell. The killer really surprised me. I figured it out at the same time Sophie did. It was a puzzler with quite a suspenseful ending.
The subplot of the student that is unhappy with her grades was wonderful. I am sure teachers near and far deal with this problem. With social media the student can take their issue to the masses making resolution difficult especially when “friends” take the problem to a whole new level.
Ada Madison has written three marvelous main characters, surrounded them with a group of very interesting individuals in a setting ripe for mystery. Add it all together and A Function of Murder equals an absolutely impressive whodunit.
snarlet319's review
4.0
Madison's books in this series are well-told and expertly plotted. I've enjoyed each of them; this one surprised me with who the killer was, but it was completely logical.
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