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Murder by Other Means
by John Scalzi
This is fast becoming one of my favorite series. I could see it becoming a limited series on Amazon or some other streaming service (no Netflix, perpetual cancelers of everything worthwhile) but I digress.
Tony Valdez is the dispatcher everyone wants - well everyone in the black market - and all he wants to do is avoid that at all costs. The current economic situation in the book mirrors our world right down to the people taking out extra jobs just to be able to get groceries for the week. So Tony takes a job. An illicit job that seems somewhat on the side of "almost" legal and dispatches some tycoon. What ensues next is so gripping and entertaining I read everything in one sitting. Yes, yes, before you point out it's only 100 or so pages - it was a Monday evening and I was exhausted, even reading 20 pages after doing puppy-potty time for three puppies and 1 dog, then dinner for humans, then grading papers and so forth leaves me exhausted that 30 pages is all I can do. But, this one, I got through it so fast I couldn't believe it.
Great character development of everyone but especially Brennan Tunney - suave and just terrifying enough to be feared but savvy enough to feel like a real suit.
The best part is the invisible part - no unnecessary detectivey love triangles
Tony Valdez is the dispatcher everyone wants - well everyone in the black market - and all he wants to do is avoid that at all costs. The current economic situation in the book mirrors our world right down to the people taking out extra jobs just to be able to get groceries for the week. So Tony takes a job. An illicit job that seems somewhat on the side of "almost" legal and dispatches some tycoon. What ensues next is so gripping and entertaining I read everything in one sitting. Yes, yes, before you point out it's only 100 or so pages - it was a Monday evening and I was exhausted, even reading 20 pages after doing puppy-potty time for three puppies and 1 dog, then dinner for humans, then grading papers and so forth leaves me exhausted that 30 pages is all I can do. But, this one, I got through it so fast I couldn't believe it.
Great character development of everyone but especially Brennan Tunney - suave and just terrifying enough to be feared but savvy enough to feel like a real suit.
The best part is the invisible part - no unnecessary detectivey love triangles