New Math is Murder by Jo-Ann Lamon Reccoppa

The mystery wasn't complicated and was easy to unravel, but the mystery wasn't so much the main focus of the read - it was just fun riding along to get to that 'ah-ha' moment when everything fell into place for our characters. Most everything had a purpose and a point and wasn't just thrown in as fluff and fodder to make the book longer (by the way, the length was perfect). Good with the showing and not too much of the telling. I could relate to her as a human being with internal motivations. We get a really good sense of who she is without being spoon-fed every teeny tiny tidbit. We stayed firmly in Colleen's point-of-view throughout.

$New Math is Murder by Jo-Ann Lamon Reccoppa$

I could really relate to the mess Colleen has found herself in - especially after the hilarious beginning scene. But I found New Math is Murder to be a witty delight with several chuckles and laugh-out-loud moments. Throw in discovering the dead body of her daughter's Algebra teacher, and Colleen is one foot from the funny farm.Īs regular readers know, I'm not very good with dry humor. Not to mention her nosy parents who live behind her just across the alley, the pittance of freelancing for the local newspaper, the barely-out-of-college editor who loves giving Colleen the snooze-fest assignments, a best friend who's been keeping waaaay too many secrets, and a boss who won't keep his shirt on. And Bobby, her ten-year-old, just wants his dad to come watch him lose another Little League game. Sara, her teenaged daughter, - well, need I say more? - is flunking Algebra after acing it the year before. Her self-centered husband leaves her for a younger woman and hides their assets, leaving Colleen in financial limbo. Colleen Caruso's life is the perfect example of Murphy's Law - if something is going to go wrong, it's going to go wrong with her life.