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Quantum Duodecet
Quantum Physics: Now With 100% More Shenanigans
Quantum Duodecet gathers twelve lively, funny, and heartfelt stories from the world of the Quantum Cop. Physicist Madison Martin can collapse the quantum wavefunction -- a reality-shifting skill she uses responsibly at least some of the time.
These tales follow Madison as quantum physics keeps leaking into everyday life: celebrations nudged off-course by mischievous probability spikes, campus surprises that swell into full-blown anomalies, and community moments suddenly tangled in her powers. Whether she's tracing an impossible break-in, rescuing an event on the brink, or juggling science, friendship, and love with her usual professorial practicality, each story blends physics with humor and heart.
This collection offers an inviting mix of mystery, comedy, and quantum possibility -- a character-driven look at Madison's reality-bending adventures that both new readers and longtime fans can enjoy.
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The Quantum Cop Series
Praise for The Quantum Cop:
"A Colorado university physicist learns she can warp reality with mind power alone, but when news of her talent leaks, a rash of 'quantum crimes' hits Boulder and beyond.
...A light sci-fi romance, apt reading material for watching the waves (or particles) at the beach."--Kirkus Reviews
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The Quantum Cop
The Quantum Cop Series: Book 1.
A quantum physicist must use her powers to save reality.
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When physics professor Madison Martin is smashed by a car, her quantum expertise and survival instinct combine to cause a paradigm shift enabling her to rewrite reality and save her life. She's freaked about what happened but, luckily, the hot physicist from the office next door volunteers to help her do experiments to decipher what the hell just happened. And as their chemistry sizzles she's ready for some experiments of a more biological nature.
Unbeknownst to Madison her smartest student, Luke Bacalli, witnesses the bizarro accident and learns how to control reality, too. Luke and his buddies go on a quantum crime spree starting with never-ending beer, sorority girls losing their shirts, and progressing to bank robbery and worse.
Having inadvertently created this menace, it's Madison's responsibility to stop it. She steps up and kicks ass, becoming the world's first quantum cop. Unfortunately, when she confronts Luke, he's much more powerful than she expects. Everything seems lost during their final quantum battle when the nature of reality is endangered as fundamental forces like electromagnetism and gravity start changing. Can Madison overcome the odds, thwart her evil student and save reality itself?
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Praise for Quantum Murder:
"In this sequel, a physics teacher becomes a prime suspect when a colleague's death cues a new wave of crimes inspired by mental feats of quantum reality-bending.
Imagine if Janet Evanovich had given Stephanie Plum a science-teaching degree and you might have a handle on the series that began with Quantum Cop (2016). ...Smith is a physicist in real life (following up the narrative with a short essay on quantum-mechanical weirdness), and she skillfully flavors the far-fetched stuff with references to such concepts as eigenvalues and the Bose-Einstein Condensate. The temptation is to say that things flip between the quirky and the quarky. But sci-fi fans who like their chick-lit thrillers blended with a Ph.D. should find the formula enjoyable.
A light and whimsical sci-fi whodunit with a college campus backdrop."--Kirkus Reviews
When someone's murdered, seemingly via the reality-altering technique she invented, physicist Madison Martin knows it's her responsibility to bring the killer to justice. Things get immeasurably worse when she's blamed for the quantum murder.
Out on bail, Madison resumes her role as the quantum cop to help the local cops and the FBI investigate everything from quantum panty raids to impossible heists and increasingly bizarre murders. As the q-crimes increase, she worries that reality itself is a goner.
When Madison's nearly obliterated in a quantum duel she finally realizes she can't handle this by herself. But now she's got another problem: does her overworked task force include the very criminal she's trying to catch? And if so, can she take him or her down before it's too late?
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Madison's story continues...
Praise for Quantum Mayhem:
"An entire ghost town, gone without a trace. A ghostly haunting. Bizarre happenings. And then--murder. Physicist Madison Martin clearly has her hands full, but as one of the few individuals capable of q-lapsing, the ability to use quantum mechanics to control reality, the quantum cop is the only one able to solve the mystery and bring the perpetrators to justice. ...QUANTUM MAYHEM, the third installment in the Quantum Cop series, combines science fiction, mystery, and suspense to create a fast-paced, fun and intelligent adventure."--Indie Book Reviews
"In Smith's latest sci-fi series installment, physics professor Madison Martin's former student may be using her reality-bending technique for large-scale vandalism. ... Smith's tone remains chirpy and playful ... As is her habit, Smith ... concludes this flighty tale with a lucid nonfiction physics essay; this time around, it's about neutrinos...
A semi-conclusive entry in a lightweight science-minded series."--Kirkus Reviews
Publisher's Weekly:
When quantum physics destroys a Colorado ghost town, professor Madison Martin investigates but things get weird when a ghost starts following her around.
In the meantime, her steamy romance with a fellow professor turns into a steamy love triangle when a hot cop romances her.
As quantum crimes spread throughout the world, Madison discovers her power may be more dangerous than she ever suspected. Can she reverse the quantum mayhem before it's too late? And if so, will she survive?
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Story available June 2019
Quantum Flag
Madison Martin Story 5
On Flag Day physicist Madison Martin hopes to enjoy a patriot picnic but troublemakers interrupt the fun. She must try to use her quantum powers to get the picnic back on track. Will she succeed?
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Story available December 2019
Quantum Hanukkah
Madison Martin Story 6
When a terrorist threatens Hanukkah, physicist Madison Martin tries to use her quantum powers to save the day. Will she succeed?
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Buy the second 3 Madison stories together and save:
Quantum Trio 2
Quantum Cop Madison Martin fights quantum criminals to try to save the summer solstice, Flag Day, and Hanukkah celebrations, respectively, in three short stories.
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Story available June 2020
Quantum Father
Madison Martin Story 7
When a disaster threatens Father's Day, physicist Madison Martin tries to use her quantum powers to save the day. Will she succeed?
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Story collection available May 2021
Quantum Sextet 1
Save money & buy the first 6 Madison Martin stories together!
Quantum Cop Madison Martin fights quantum criminals to try to save Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, and Halloween celebrations, the summer solstice, Flag Day, and Hanukkah celebrations, respectively, in six short stories.
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Story available June 2021
Quantum Juneteenth
Madison Martin Story 8
When a disaster threatens the Juneteenth celebration, physicist Madison Martin tries to use her quantum powers to save the day. Does she go too far?
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Story available February 2022
Quantum Valentine
Madison Martin Story 9
When a disaster threatens physicist Madison Martin's Valentine's Day date she uses her quantum powers to try to save her secret admirer.
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Story collection available April 2022
Quantum Nonet
Save money by buying Madison's first nine stories together!
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Story collection available July 2026
Quantum Duodecet
Buy Madison's first twelve stories together!
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About the Author:
Lesley L. Smith is a physicist and science fiction author who enjoys mixing real science with fast-paced adventure. She created the Quantum Cop series to explore what happens when physics meets crime-fighting and refuses to behave. Her short fiction has appeared in Analog, Daily Science Fiction, Nature Futures, and other venues that appreciate clever scientific twists. She is also an editor at Electric Spec and lives in Colorado with more books and diplomas than she will ever admit.
© Lesley L. Smith 2026
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