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Calculated Demise
Bonnie Pinkwater, a veteran teacher with a knack for finding
trouble, is at it again.
This time sadistic
wrestling coach Luther Devereaux is found murdered, and
her mentally challenged aide, Matt, is found
with blood on his hands. She enlists the help of Greg Hansen,
student council president, to pursue her investigation and
exonerate Matt … and then Greg's marijuana-dealing brother
and father are killed as well. And it looks like Matt's dwarfish
brother Simon is the culprit. That is, until Simon is shot
and killed by an amorous millionaire rancher pursuing Bonnie.
Can it get any worse?
Oh yes. The rancher's son is now the prime suspect. And Superintendent
Xavier Divine, AKA The Divine Pain in the Ass, demands Bonnie
cease her investigation or lose her job.
Maybe Bonnie should
have listened to him. Because things are about to get a
whole lot worse. The murderer has now kidnapped
Bonnie’s beloved dog, and unless she wants to see him
alive again, well …
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"The
key to this enjoyable amateur sleuth tale is the heroine’s reluctance to get involved coupled
with her mathematical solving approach to problems like who
is the killer. The story line is action-packed and filled
with several twists as each time Bonnie feels she has solved
the equation, new variables surface. Although this reviewer
has some doubts about Matt’s ability to do high school
math and not understand his arraignment or his inability to
recall recent events, readers will appreciate the feisty teacher
investigate the Hypatia Rocky Mountain murders."
~ Harriet
Klausner
“Robert Spiller pens a thrilling adventure with twists
around every corner; this mystery uses math and its history
to unravel the secrets of the crime, bringing another killer
to justice … with fast paced action, characters you
wanted to know more about and an ending that made me truly
smile.”
~ Theresa, Novelspot
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