Lost Planet Homicide by Larry Correia

 

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Content: Strong Language

A lost colony planet, a perplexing murder, and a dogged homicide cop in this Audible Original story from best-selling author Larry Correia.

When the biggest colony ship in human history was sent to settle a paradise world, an accident hurtled it deep into uncharted space. A thousand light years from Earth, with no way home and no way to call for help, the colonists’ only hope for survival was the one barely habitable planet in range, a nightmare world they named Croatoan. Landing on the only five mountain peaks tall enough to rise above the lethal acid clouds, the settlers carved a civilization from the rock.

A hundred years later, Five Points has grown into a city of corruption and violence. With powerful corporations ruling the surface domes and criminal syndicates running the caverns below, murder is just the cost of doing business.

So when a Special Magistrate is found dissolving in a protein vat, it barely registers - until DCI Lutero Cade, the last honest cop in Five Points, catches the case. What he finds could threaten the colony’s very existence.

Or, at the very least, Cade himself.

 

After not loving Monster Hunter International I wanted to give Larry Correia another chance. I really enjoy space mysteries, so I thought this might be a good option.

Overall this was just ok to me. The main character goes around and investigates, but I don't think there were enough clues or misdirection. I felt like I was just reading a story that told me what happened, but didn't invite me to try and guess anything.

I definitely think the book is way too short to do a mystery justice. I know there are mystery authors that have pulled off pretty good mysteries in a short format, but I don't think Larry Correia is one of them. I still might listen to the second one though.