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....
