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Title details for Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty - Available

Chaos Terminal

#2 in series

by Mur Lafferty
Kelsey Navarro Foster
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Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but when one of the new human arrivals on a space shuttle is murdered, she’s back in the game.
Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, thank you very much. But no matter what she does, people persist in dying around her—and only she seems to be able to solve the crime. After fleeing to an alien space station in hopes that the lack of humans would stop the murders, a serial killer had the nerve to follow her to Station Eternity. (Mallory deduced who the true culprit was that time, too.)
Now the law enforcement agent who hounded Mallory on Earth has come to Station Eternity, along with her teenage crush and his sister, Mallory’s best friend from high school. Mallory doesn’t believe in coincidences, and so she’s not at all surprised when someone in the latest shuttle from Earth is murdered. It’s the story of her life, after all.
Only this time she has more than a killer to deal with. Between her fugitive friends, a new threat arising from the Sundry hivemind, and the alarmingly peculiar behavior of the sentient space station they all call home, even Mallory’s deductive abilities are strained. If she can’t find out what’s going on (and fast), a disaster of intergalactic proportions may occur.…

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Midsolar Murders

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 7, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593747889
      • File size: 339583 KB
      • Duration: 11:47:27

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 11, 2023
      Lafferty’s rip-roaring second Midsolar Murders mystery (after Station Eternity) returns to the sentient space station Eternity, where reluctant sleuth Mallory Viridian contends with a cunning killer, a lost love, and a plethora of charming aliens. Because of Mallory’s unwitting connection to the Sundry, a wasplike hive mind, murders follow her wherever she goes—and she can’t resist investigating them. To escape all the death, she fled Earth for Station Eternity, a diplomatic outpost established to test the possibilities of coexistence between galactic-roaming species and a few fractious earthlings. Now, however, new humans are coming aboard—among them Mallory’s former best friend, her teenage crush, and an odious gossipmonger who turns up dead at the welcoming party. Of course, Mallory is drawn into the case. Lafferty does a solid job blending sci-fi worldbuilding and homicide investigation, though the plot feels a bit padded with flashbacks to Mallory’s past. Still, the colorful cast delights, replete with irresistible aliens who are mostly mystified by human behaviors, self-doubting AI space vehicles, and quirky human scientists, diplomats, and CIA agents. This whirlwind adventure is good fun.

    • Library Journal

      December 13, 2024

      Lafferty's second "Midsolar Murders" sci-fi mystery (following Station Eternity) finds Mallory Viridian left in charge of the sentient Station Eternity, surrounded by red snow, fabricated mountains, and the constant presence of the wasplike alien hive mind called the Sundry. Mallory fled to the station, hoping to avoid other humans, as death seems to follow her wherever she goes. Even so, Mallory encounters other humans aboard the station, including her former best friend and high school crush. Before she can recover from this shock, she receives a confusing warning from the Sundry apprising her of a glitch in Eternity's system. Increasingly destabilized, Mallory realizes she must find the underlying cause of these coincidences and soon falls back into her role of amateur detective. Narrator Kelsey Navarro Foster takes listeners through the novel's ample twists and turns, offering a spot-on portrayal of exasperated Mallory and nailing the hilarious interactions between the motley group of humans and the Sundry. Foster's lively presentation of this fast-paced story keeps the action moving and will have listeners laughing aloud even as they wait anxiously for the mystery to be resolved. VERDICT An unpredictable and uproarious tale, sure to please both mystery and sci-fi fans.--Mitzi Mack

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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