Published: July 04, 2010
Words: 6,213 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452316635

Description

Murder aboard a star ship! Murder most foul! A true whodunit! Kiran, the luxury liner's in-house detective, must discover the culprit. But who is it? Is it the owner of the competing star ship line, the strange personal assistant, the woman's steward, or even the captain of the Cassiopeia, himself? Kiran and her little robot sidekick, Watson, must find the murderer, before the murderer finds them!

Tags

fiction, science fiction, whodunit, science fiction murder mystery, science fiction murder, cozy murder, sci fi murder mysteries, science fiction cozy murder, science fiction whodunit

Available ebook reading formats

Single purchase gains access to all formats. How to download ebooks to e-reading devices and apps.

Format	Full Book	Sample First 32%
Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser)	Buy	View sample
Kindle (.mobi for Kindle devices and Kindle apps)	Buy	Download sample
Epub (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, others)	Buy	Download sample
PDF (good for reading on PC, or for home printing)	Buy	No sample available
RTF (readable on most word processors)	Buy	No sample available
LRF (Use only for older model Sony Readers that don't support .epub)	Buy	Download sample
Palm Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading devices)	Buy	Download sample
Plain Text (download) (flexible, but lacks much formatting)	Buy	No sample available
Plain Text (view) (viewable as web page)	Buy	No sample available

Reviews

Log-in to write a Review   Log-in to add a Video Review

Review by: George Kempland on July 31, 2010 :
This is another cozy, sci-fi, murder mystery by Rob Shelsky. I’m getting addicted to these. This one is set on a luxury star liner, so there are many possible suspects, and a great sarcastic little sidekick A.I., Spidey. Our heroine is Liner Detective Kiran Bedi, a woman of Indian descent.

She brings a peculiarly Eastern philosophy to crime solving. For instance, the title, Blue Murder, comes from this great opening line:

“Death comes in many guises. This time, it masqueraded as the many-limbed Hindu goddess, the dusk-blue Kali. There was the indelible mark of her visitation, the victim stamped in an irredeemable currency of ghastly shades of blue.” That first line hooked me right there!

On this interstellar flight, Kiran must try to find out the murderer, of course. Is it the competing shipping magnate? He would be forced into bankruptcy if the deceased, Andromedae, had carried through her mission of taking plans for a mass teleportation device to their destination. Is the ship’s steward, the one she personally selected to “service” her, the guilty one? He had access, but what would be his motive for murder? Then there is the personal assistant, a strange woman, but one who seems genuinely grieved at the death of her employer, but perhaps overly so. There seems to be some history there.

Then, last but not least, there is the captain of the star liner. Even he had a possible motive. And could the dead woman’s father somehow have been the real target? But how could he be? He’s a legal corpsicle, frozen back on earth for years to come, and not for committing crimes, but at his own request. It all gets complex, and Kiran could be missing something. But you’ll just have to read Blue Murder, by Rob Shelsky, to find out if Kiran is off track, because I’m not saying any more. But rest assured, both Kiran Bedi, and her sidekick, Spidey, the A.I., have their work cut out for them in this baffling case of Blue Murder, by Rob Shelsky.

This is another great sci-fi “whodunit” by Mr. Shelsky. I love these types of stories, where the reader goes along for the ride and tries to figure out who the murderer is before the story detective does. Also, again, Mr. Shelsky creates some very believable characters. I love the stereotype-breaking Kiran. I also enjoyed the little A.I., Spidey, and his innate sarcasm. Most of all, I enjoyed trying to figure out who did it. And even when I had, I overlooked something. I’m betting you will, too. This gets five stars, partly because it’s a great and fun story, and partly because I got the wrong answer! But, at least I was half right…
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Reason for report:
— Select a reason — Book is or contains spam Book infringes copyright Same content is published elsewhere with different author (for ex., by private-label rights) Duplicate Incomplete work (such as sample or serial) Should be marked adults-only Category is inappropriate Poorly formatted Nudity or other inappropriate content on cover Nudity or other inappropriate visual content in book Inappropriate erotica content Cover image is improper Content is inappropriate Other violation of Terms of Service Other reason not shown above.

Additional details: