Economic theories can predict many things – just not the death of a renowned Economics professor. When Professor Edmund DeBeyer is found dead in his office, strangled to death by his own Ph.D. hood, the police don’t have to look further than his colleagues in the Economics Department for suspects. After all, Edmund was the most despised member of the department. C.J. Whitmore, the department’s only tenured female, (who also has a penchant for wearing pink cowboy boots to class) resolves to get to the bottom of the mystery using economic principles. Comparing tracking down murder suspects to to selecting a used car, she attempts to discern the real deals from the “lemons.” That is, which suspects are really telling the truth and which are lying to protect their guilt. Will C.J. be able to pick the lemon before her clever adversary strikes again?
About the Author:
J.T. Toman lives in Boulder, Colorado. She received her Ph.D. in economics from Yale University and has taught econometrics at the University of Sydney and the University of Colorado at Boulder. She also has a degree in zookeeping from Pikes Peak Community College and has cared for everything from butterflies to elephants. She now teaches math at Front Range Community College, and truly believes fractions are useful in everyday life.
In her spare time, J.T. Toman joins the rest of Colorado hiking, biking and skiing. However, much like her cats, she finds food more inspiring than scenery. J.T. particularly loves home- grown tomatoes, udon noodles and tall glasses of chocolate milk, but not at the same time.
Picking Lemons is her first novel.
Jennifer’s Review of Picking Lemons
Review (4 Stars): The main thing that I liked about this book was its main character, C.J. Whitmore. She was a breath of fresh air in this story within a stuffy group of male college professors and I loved her down to her adorable pink cowboy boots. This was a fun, entertaining mystery that was fast-paced and I liked how everyone was trying to figure out who killed the unpopular member of the Economics faculty. It is also surprising to me that this is Ms. Toman’s debut novel because it felt like she had been writing for a long time. Hopefully, there will be more to this series and I can’t wait to read what she comes up with next.
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