Trace Elements

by Kathryn Lasky Knight

When Calista Jacobs, whose young son Charlie already shows signs of his father's scientific brilliance, discovers that her husband has been murdered, she sets out to track down his killer in this novel of murder and Harvard University politics

Genres: Mystery

192 pages, Hardcover

First published May 6, 1986

About the author

AKA: Kathryn Lasky

Reviews

[Nanny · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this first in the series of four mysteries starring a Cambridge, MA, widowed, children's book illustrator. She is sometimes helped by her son. I thought this series were fabulous and didn't understand why they weren't more popular, and why the author stopped after only 4.

[Victoria & David Williams · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too many disparate elements that don't really cohere. In a mystery one looks for one main character, one main plot. The action should flow and the character traits have balance. This reads more like research notes for a second draft rather than a final product.