A storyteller must be a semi genius to make an entire world in less than 150 pages. In Murder by Memory we’re on a ship traveling through space for  a thousand year journey. They have a library which contains every person’s memory that are re-added every time their body falls apart. Like any society, there is death and murder.  A detective is woken from her chosen sleep to solve the newest murder isn’t a murder.  This murder is not of the body, it’s a permanent murder of the memories in the library. Waking up in your own body is bad enough but waking up in another body that you don’t recognize and have no control over could be a great boon to a detective but also a great hindrance to the case. This book has ups, downs, heartbreak, and everything you could possibly want in 150 pages. It’s a sci-fi mini epic that I want more of. I need more stories of the ship, of the library, of the society. That is a great short quick read for anyone.