Name: The Hydrogen Murder
ISBN: 9780373264674

Camille Minichino

Scientist Gloria Lamerino, now a crime consultant, is called in to investigate the murder of a Boston physicist, whose breakthrough research on hydrogen and superconductivity could be the key to his death.

The Hydrogen Murder

Imagine my surprise when in the first or second chapter something my brother worked on in grad school and his post-doc--around the time this book was written and published (he was doing his post-doc the year it came out) and that is trying to get hydrogen into a metal state for superconductivity purposes--comes up. In fact, that experiment is central to the murder story. IRL, one group claimed to have done this in 2017, but I am not sure if it's been peer reviewed/verified yet, and considering that it took 80 years for a claim from the first theory that it would be if cold enough, it could be some years before it's proved/disproved.

Like the late author, my brother has a PhD in physic, but he hasn't "peer reviewed' this novel ;). I did tell him about it, so perhaps he'll read it if he has time, remembers and gets a kindle. I'm not holding my breath.

Oh, you want to know about the book? It's a fun whodunnit in that there is some humour involved plus a possible love interest. Gloria returned home to Revere after years in California and an early retirement. She is now being hired to assist the police department with crimes where certain types of science are involved as well as giving guest lectures. I like her, her best friend from childhood, Rose as well as the man she's attracted to. I'll have to read more of the series to see if a romance takes off, naturally.

Karin

Imagine my surprise when in the first or second chapter something my brother worked on in grad school and his post-doc--around the time this book was written and published (he was doing his post-doc the year it came out) and that is trying to get hydrogen into a metal state for superconductivity purposes--comes up. In fact, that experiment is central to the murder story. IRL, one group claimed to have done this in 2017, but I am not sure if it's been peer reviewed/verified yet, and considering that it took 80 years for a claim from the first theory that it would be if cold enough, it could be some years before it's proved/disproved.

Like the late author, my brother has a PhD in physic, but he hasn't "peer reviewed' this novel ;). I did tell him about it, so perhaps he'll read it if he has time, remembers and gets a kindle. I'm not holding my breath.

Oh, you want to know about the book? It's a fun whodunnit in that there is some humour involved plus a possible love interest. Gloria returned home to Revere after years in California and an early retirement. She is now being hired to assist the police department with crimes where certain types of science are involved as well as giving guest lectures. I like her, her best friend from childhood, Rose as well as the man she's attracted to. I'll have to read more of the series to see if a romance takes off, naturally.

The Hydrogen Murder

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