MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

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Serial Killer Sudoku (2009)
Shelley Freydont
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In this sequel to The Sudoku Murder, the former government mathematician who has taken over the puzzle museum in her old hometown catches a serial killer who leaves a sudoku at each crime scene. There are a few references to her old job, some discussion of her attempts to help school children with their math, and a tiny bit of math in the puzzles, but there really is not much math here. Still, if you're looking for a decent murder mystery with just a bit of math in it, this one is worth a look.

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Works Similar to Serial Killer Sudoku
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. The Sudoku Murder by Shelley Freydont
  2. Death of an Avid Reader: A Kate Shackleton Mystery by Frances Brody
  3. Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins
  4. The Crimson Cipher by Susan Page Davis
  5. The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
  6. Trueman Bradley: Aspie Detective by Alexei Maxim Russell
  7. Los crímenes de Alicia [The Alice Murders / The Oxford Brotherhood] by Guillermo Martinez
  8. Murder by Mathematics by Hector Hawton
  9. The Invention of Zero [Die Erfindung der Null] by Michael Wildenhain
  10. The Four-Color Puzzle: Falling Off the Map by Lior Samson
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Categories:
GenreMystery,
MotifFemale Mathematicians,
Topic
MediumNovels,

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Exciting News: The 1,600th entry was recently added to this database of mathematical fiction! Also, for those of you interested in non-fictional math books let me (shamelessly) plug the recent release of the second edition of my soliton theory textbook.

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