Murder By Memory, by Olivia Waite

[mrissa]

 

Review copy provided by the publisher.

This novella manages to pack generation ship SF and cozy murder mystery together into one compact package. We hit the ground running with the speculative premise about memory and life extension on page one and do not stop the whole way through. Some of the SF is beautiful--the liquid memory stuff is great--and some of it is fun plot engine.

Because of the novella length, we only get a handful of characters, but what we see of them is fun--and the relationship of aunt (protag), nephew, and nephew's newish husband is not at all a standard relationship dynamic. It's realistically done and affectionate, and I look forward to seeing more of these characters' adventures in the next volume.