Amateur detective Mallory Viridian's talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove her to live on an alien space station, but her problems still follow her in this witty, self-aware novel that puts a speculative spin on murder mysteries, from the Hugo-nominated author of Six Wakes.
From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroiled in murder cases that only she has the insight to solve. But outside of a classic mystery novel, being surrounded by death doesn't make you a charming amateur detective, it makes you a suspect and a social pariah. So when Mallory gets the opportunity to take refuge on a sentient space station, she thinks she has the solution. Surely the murders will stop if her only company is alien beings. At first her new existence is peacefully quiet...and markedly devoid of homicide.
But when the station agrees to allow additional human guests, Mallory knows the break from her peculiar reality is over. After the first Earth shuttle arrives, and aliens and humans alike begin to die, the station is thrown into peril. Stuck smack-dab in the middle of an extraterrestrial whodunit, and wondering how in the world this keeps happening to her anyway, Mallory has to solve the crime—and fast—or the list of victims could grow to include everyone on board…
My Review:
Wow, this was such a great mystery! And the concept of this lady who just keeps being surrounded by murdered bodies, and finding out how they were killed, it's such an interesting idea! And then for that to take place on an alien space station, it's so cool!
Mallory's ability to just be surrounded by death-violent, caused by murder, death, it's not a fun situation to be in. She hasn't been believed, she's been blocked from becoming a P.I. and traditional jobs would put her in the path of more potential victims. I loved that she became an author!
The connections, oh man, the connections! We mainly were in Mallory's perspective, but there was also Xan, and then a few other people surrounding them, like Stephanie. And almost all of them were connected in some way or another, and it was crazy how the tiniest detail helped solve the whole case!
Loved how the mystery played out, I never expected it to go in that direction, but the seeds where there, and it was so great to read! And all these building blocks of plot, of these various characters and what they've experienced and what they're feeling, I can't wait to explore further in book 2!
Loved reading this book, and I can't wait to see where the series goes from here!
Author: Mur Lafferty
Series: The Midsolar Murders #1
Read: September 10th, 2022
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Bok and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Ace
Expected Publication: October 4th 2022
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