Oh, and weird cousin Alex.Īs Jacobs peels back the layers on the Severy clan, we discover that Philip is a professional prevaricator in his personal life, Gregory has some unresolved issues and Alex is as much of a liar as all the rest of them - and I have not even mentioned all of the rest of them.Ī deceased family member with a mysterious will sets the plot for a quirky novel about family, death, madness - and mathematics Enter also Hazel’s beloved brother Gregory, a member of the Los Angeles Police Department. While Isaac dedicated his life to pure mathematics, Philip is a theoretical physicist obsessed with his place in the history of string theory. Enter Philip Severy, Isaac’s son and near-professional equal. His death plunges his family and friends into deep mourning. In scene one, protagonist Hazel Severy, a 30-something failed bookseller, attends the funeral of her grandfather, the titular Isaac Severy, a mathematician of international repute. This debut mystery is fun, but not necessarily light. Is Jacobs about to lead readers on a choose-your-own-adventure chase? In a way, yes. The subtitle of The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs is A Novel in Clues.
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