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The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
Dec. 9th, 2023 12:03 amThe Blurb On The Back:
Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor, and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between the Moon and Mars. She’s travelling incognito and is revealing in her anonymity. Then someone is murdered and the festering chowderheads who run security have the audacity to arrest her spouse.
Armed with banter, martinis and her small service dog, Tesla is determined to solve the crime so that the newlyweds can get back to canoodling and keep the real killer from striking again.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Mary Robinette Kowal’s SF mystery is a delightful homage to Dashiell Hammet’s THE THIN MAN, featuring a great central couple and making astute observations about fame, privilege and wealth. Although the mystery is a little thin, the side characters (especially Fantine who I adored) and their interactions carry you along and I admired how Kowal looks at what it is to live with chronic pain and loved the way everyone falls in love with Gimlet.
Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor, and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between the Moon and Mars. She’s travelling incognito and is revealing in her anonymity. Then someone is murdered and the festering chowderheads who run security have the audacity to arrest her spouse.
Armed with banter, martinis and her small service dog, Tesla is determined to solve the crime so that the newlyweds can get back to canoodling and keep the real killer from striking again.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Mary Robinette Kowal’s SF mystery is a delightful homage to Dashiell Hammet’s THE THIN MAN, featuring a great central couple and making astute observations about fame, privilege and wealth. Although the mystery is a little thin, the side characters (especially Fantine who I adored) and their interactions carry you along and I admired how Kowal looks at what it is to live with chronic pain and loved the way everyone falls in love with Gimlet.
