Camille Minichino

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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1997
  • Latest Book:
    December 2021
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Full Series List in Order

A Miniature Mystery

1 - Murder in Miniature (Mar-2021)
2 - Mayhem in Miniature (Mar-2021)
3 - Malice in Miniature (Jul-2021)
4 - Mourning in Miniature (Sep-2021)
5 - Monster in Miniature (Sep-2021)
6 - Mix-Up in Miniature (Dec-2021)
7 - Madness in Miniature (Dec-2021)
8 - Manhattan in Miniature (Dec-2021)
9 - Matrimony in Miniature (Dec-2021)

A Periodic Table Mystery

1 - The Hydrogen Murder (Dec-1997)
2 - The Helium Murder (Sep-1998)
3 - The Lithium Murder (May-1999)
4 - The Beryllium Murder (Mar-2000)
5 - The Boric Acid Murder (May-2002)
6 - The Carbon Murder (Mar-2004)
7 - The Nitrogen Murder (May-2005)
8 - The Oxygen Murder (Sep-2006)
9 - The Fluorine Murder (Dec-2009)
10 - Last Rights (Mar-2010)

A Professor Sophie Knowles Mystery

1 - The Square Root of Murder (Aug-2019)
2 - The Probability of Murder (Sep-2019)
3 - A Function of Murder (Sep-2019)
4 - The Quotient of Murder (Oct-2019)

A Sister Francesca Mystery

1 - Killer in the Cloister (Mar-2014)

Book List in Order: 26 titles

  • The Hydrogen Murder

    A Periodic Table Mystery - 1
    Worldwide Mysteries - 467

    Science and Murder When physicist Eric Bensen is murdered in his suburban Boston laboratory, scientist-turned-crime-consultant Gloria Lamerino is called in to investigate. A former colleague of the victim, her understanding of Bensen's breakthroug...

  • The Helium Murder

    A Periodic Table Mystery - 2
    Worldwide Mysteries - 481

    Gloria Lamerino, a retired Berkeley physicist, has returned to Revere, Mass., where she is a science consultant to the police department. Her services are requested after Congresswoman Margaret Hurley is murdered by a hit-and-run driver. Hurley was a...

  • The Lithium Murder

    A Periodic Table Mystery - 3
    Worldwide Mysteries - 394

    Element of Murder When a janitor from a Massachusetts physics laboratory involved in lithium research is garroted on a dark street--hours after he agreed to accept a huge payoff for overhearing something he shouldn't have--homicide turns to their ...

  • The Beryllium Murder

    A Periodic Table Mystery - 4
    Worldwide Mysteries - 400

    Hard Science and Homicide As spunky as she is shrewd, physicist sleuth Gloria Lamerino heads back to her old stomping grounds in Berkeley, California, to look into the death of former colleague Gary Larkin, dead o beryllium poisoning. Though his c...

  • The Boric Acid Murder

    A Periodic Table Mystery - 5
    Worldwide Mysteries - 495

    Fatal Reaction When the lifeless body of activist Yolanda Fiore is found at the bottom of the stairs of the Revere Public Library, transplanted Berkeley physicist Gloria Lamerino makes the case for murder quickly. The woman was recently fired from...

  • The Carbon Murder

    A Periodic Table Mystery - 6
    Worldwide Mysteries - 522

    A CURE TO KILL FOR Retired physicist turned police consultant Gloria Lamerino turns her talents to the cutting-edge world of nanotechnology and the development of "smart medicines." It's a field that offers hope, even miracles, for patients. But f...

  • The Nitrogen Murder

    A Periodic Table Mystery - 7
    Worldwide Mysteries - 563

    Retired physicist Gloria Lamerino is back in her old stomping grounds, Berkeley, California, to attend the wedding of her best friend. But the joy is short-lived when the shooting death of an emergency medical technician is connected to the woman's f...

  • The Oxygen Murder

    A Periodic Table Mystery - 8

    New York City welcomes Gloria Lamerino and her husband, homicide detective Matt Gennaro, in this eighth installment of the Periodic Table Mystery series. In The Oxygen Murder, Gloria and her best friends Rose and Frank Galigani are on vacation. They ...

  • The Fluorine Murder

    A Periodic Table Mystery - 9

    The elements are back with this short story featuring Gloria Lamerino and her friends in Revere, Massachusetts. Following "The Oxygen Murder" (St. Martin's, 2006) this ninth installment finds Gloria wrapping up an arson investigation with a surprisin...



  • Last Rights

    A Periodic Table Mystery - 10

  • Plenty of Fish in the Creek

  • Killer in the Cloister

    A Sister Francesca Mystery - 1

    It's the fall of 1965 when 28-year-old Sister Francesca leaves her small town convent in upstate New York to study theology at a large university in the Bronx. She expects to face demanding professors and challenging classes; she doesn't expect to be...

  • Six Scattered Stories

    From Sacramento, California, to a small town in Illinois, with stops in between, SIX SCATTERED STORIES exposes a world of suspense, disillusionment, and family secrets. A young boy finds inspiration in his parents’ dishonesty; a writer’s first my...

  • The Square Root of Murder

    A Professor Sophie Knowles Mystery - 1

    Math Professor Sophie Knowles shares her teaching venue with many other math and science faculty, most of whom she gets along with. But one in particular gives Sophie and her teaching assistant, Rachel, a hard time, thus annoying both women. When thi...

  • A Function of Murder

    A Professor Sophie Knowles Mystery - 3

    Math Professor Sophie Knowles is looking forward to some time off for the summer, 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 soci...

  • The Probability of Murder

    A Professor Sophie Knowles Mystery - 2

    Math Professor Sophie Knowles finds herself in the middle of an investigation after her friend, Henley College librarian, Charlotte Crocker, is found dead in the stacks. When Sophie learns that Charlotte wasn't the quiet, law-abiding citizen she seem...

  • The Quotient of Murder

    A Professor Sophie Knowles Mystery - 4

    Math Professor Sophie Knowles becomes involved in the restoration of the campus bell tower, which has been closed for decades, ever since a student died there in a tragic accident. Sophie is curious when history seems to repeat itself -- one of her s...

  • Mayhem in Miniature

    A Miniature Mystery - 2

    Now that Geraldine Porter is retired, she's got time to devote to her favorite craft. You'd think the world of shoe-box-sized Victorian shadow boxes and little ceramic bathtubs would be trouble free. But Gerry's problems are anything but tiny...Gerry...

  • Murder in Miniature

    A Miniature Mystery - 1

    Now that Geraldine Porter is retired, she's got time to devote to her favorite craft. You'd think the world of shoe-box-sized Victorian shadowboxes and little ceramic bathtubs would be trouble free. But Gerry's problems are anything but tiny...As cha...



  • Malice in Miniature

    A Miniature Mystery - 3

    Now that Geraldine Porter is retired, she's got time to devote to her favorite craft. You'd think the world of shoe-box-sized Victorian shadowboxes and little ceramic bathtubs would be trouble free. But Gerry's problems are anything but tiny...When h...

  • Monster in Miniature

    A Miniature Mystery - 5

    Geraldine Porter and her granddaughter, Maddie, set out to create a multi-story haunted dollhouse complete with witches, ghosts, and ghouls. Geraldine wanted a scream-free holiday, but Maddie has a thirst for Halloween thrills.Fun turns to fear when ...

  • Mourning in Miniature

    A Miniature Mystery - 4

    Now that Geraldine Porter is retired, she's got time to devote to her favorite craft and her precocious granddaughter, Madison. You'd think a world of shoe-box-sized high school hallways would be trouble free. But Gerry's problems are anything but ti...

  • Madness in Miniature

    A Miniature Mystery - 7

    The grand opening of a giant chain crafts store is both good and bad news for miniaturist Gerry Porter. But when the big event is accompanied by an earthquake and a murder in the store, there's plenty of opportunity for Gerry and her computer-gifted ...

  • Manhattan in Miniature

    A Miniature Mystery - 8

    Perhaps Manhattan, like Christmas, is best seen through the eyes of a child. Gerry Porter provides both magical experiences for granddaughter Maddie when a SuperKrafts manager takes them to New York City for a huge crafts fair. They get to work on bo...

  • Matrimony in Miniature

    A Miniature Mystery - 9

    When murder happens in the small town of Lincoln Point CA, there aren't many degrees of separation between the victim and retired teacher Gerry Porter. How can she stay away from the investigation when the crime scene is the venue for her marriage to...

  • Mix-Up in Miniature

    A Miniature Mystery - 6

    Geraldine Porter is thrilled to meet bestselling author and miniatures enthusiast Varena Young. The celebrity seems to seek friendship with Gerry and her crafts group, and makes a generous offer of a house from her collection for a library fund-raise...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Camille Minichino has published 26 books.

Camille Minichino does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Madness in Miniature, was published in December 2021.

The first book by Camille Minichino, The Hydrogen Murder, was published in December 1997.

Yes. Camille Minichino has 4 series.
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