The Beryllium Murder - Camille Minichino

This time, I am writing about the recent book I just finished, like seconds ago. This 4th book a world wide series called The Beryllium Murder If you love murder mysteries, this book is for you. The main murder weapon would usually be containing an element from the periodic table in which case for this book, beryllium.
A retired physicist Gloria Lamerino senses something strange when she heard about a scientist name Gary Larkin died from beryllium poisoning in his laboratory in Berkeley, California. Knowing this wasn't a tragic accident as what the police reported, she decides to leave her comfy home in Revere, Massachusetts to reveal this "accident".
Gloria decides to go to the laboratory and looks up the articles that involved Larkin only to find her first possible suspects: Carver, Kellerman, and Johnson. As she interviews one by one, it turns out there would be more than just one case, but two. Her best friend’s lover’s son, Manuel, turns out missing. Hearing from his father, Jose, Gloria thought he wouldn’t be harm if he was such a good student. Further and further she goes through the case, she reveals criminal hacking, connecting to Manuel’s case and the Larkin as she realizes the hacking was Manuel’s doing and also the internet pornography she founded uploaded onto Larkin’s computer. She also seen a lot of sexual discrimination coming from Kellerman and Inspector Russel, but not only that, however, she realizes she was too late: Manuel was found dead.
As she tries to uncover the truth before something happens again when she is now being targeted, she gets a surprise from General Sergeant Matt Gennaro from the police department from Massachusetts, giving her a limited freedom to solve the case. She realizes based on Larkin’s allergies: where were the tissues when he needed them? She discovers that Manuel’s girlfriend, Jennifer, was doing the hacking after his death and was pregnant with his child. She soon realizes that through the hacking, Manuel discovers the embezzlement from Kellerman, Jennifer’s father and before reacting, he was killed by Kellerman. This case links to the Larkin as Kellerman also laced Larkin’s tissues with beryllium powder, so in order to finish the case, she needed to find the evidence. As she goes to find the evidence, she gets attacked by Kellerman, only to survive but in the hospital. In the end, just for a couple of days, Gloria had solved not only one, but 2 cases in a couple of days.

In my opinion, I really enjoyed this book, despite of my dislike of chemistry. I don't often read murder mysteries, but if I do, that means I would highly recommend u to read this. It's packed with what it is like and has very descriptive words on how the scenery could be like. If you like action, I wouldn't recommend this to you because, there were only some risks of dangers towards the main character, Gloria, but not so much. It's almost like the movie Nancy Drew only it has a bit more adult theme to the book.