Summary:
Near the topmost deck of an interstellar generation ship, Dorothy Gentleman wakes up in a body that isn't hers - just as someone is found murdered. Dorothy suspects her misfortune is partly the fault of her feckless nephew, Ruthie. Or perhaps the sultry yarn store proprietor - and current suspect - knows more than she's letting on.
As one of the ship's detective's, Dorothy usually delights in unraveling the passengers' schemes. But with someone not only killing bodies but purposefully deleting minds from the Library, she realizes something more sinister is afoot. Someone has found a way to make murder on the Fairweather a very permanent state indeed . . .
My Thoughts:
This was so interesting to read that I wish the novella was longer! I love the idea that memories are stored in a library so that when your current body dies, you can come back as a clone with all the memories from your past. It's also really cool that out of necessity, you can be brought back in someone else's body. I like the slow burn of the mystery of the killer's identity, but I do think that things were rushed towards the ending, and that the characters should have had more time on the page to get to know them better. That being said, I would love to check out the author's other works since I enjoyed this one a lot.
My Rating: 4 stars
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