Fugitive Telemetry, by Martha Wells

[sophia_sol]

So Martha Wells just tricked me into reading a murder mystery, didn't she. I don't read a lot of those! Well -- I read a lot of them by two specific authors and nothing else.

(...wait, were any of the previous murderbot books murder mysteries and I just failed to notice??)

Anyway this is the latest Murderbot novella and it is excellent as expected, I love Murderbot and this was a satisfying book to read, and is there anything else really to say? If you love Murderbot then this book is wonderful and it's probably something you've already read or are intending to read. If you haven't read Murderbot yet then start at the beginning because it's truly worth it, but this book is probably not the place to start.

Comments

[lirazel]

Oooh, tell me who the two specific authors are!

I just read my first Murderbot and enjoyed it!

[sophia_sol]

oh yay, glad you liked Murderbot!

The two mystery authors I read are Ellis Peters (her Brother Cadfael series) and Dorothy L Sayers (her Lord Peter Wimsey series). It's possible there are other mystery authors out there I'd enjoy as well, but I haven't bothered searching, because it's not a genre that inherently appeals to me. I like the two I read because there's interesting character work and a decent amount of focus on things other than just the mystery!

[lirazel]

Oh nice choices! If you're interested in recs, I really think Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad books are worth checking out. The focus is really on the character work, not the mysteries. Like, the plot hangs loosely around whatever murder the given detective is investigating, but the soul of the books is the character arc for that given detective. You might find it interesting!

[sophia_sol]

I took a quick google of those books and I think they're not for me, I tend not to be as interested in books set in the present day on earth, but thanks for the rec!

[lirazel]

No worries! I don't really have an interest in contemporary settings/non-speculative fiction either, but French just really works for me for some reason so I like to rec her!

[sophia_sol]

Makes sense! There are definitely some contemporary-setting books that I do enjoy, even though it's not my usual thing, so I understand :)