The Spare Man: By the Hugo, Locus and Nebula Award-winning Author

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***A 2023 Hugo Award Finalist***
***A 2022 Locus Magazine Recommended Reading List pick***


Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between the Moon and Mars. She's travelling incognito and is revelling in her anonymity. Then someone is murdered and the festering chowderheads who run security have the audacity to arrest her spouse.
Armed with banter, martinis and her small service dog, Tesla is determined to solve the crime so that the newlyweds can get back to canoodling and keep the real killer from striking again.
***A 2023 Hugo Award Finalist*** ***A 2022 Locus Magazine Recommended Reading List pick*** Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between the Moon and Mars. She's travelling incognito and is revelling in her anonymity. The...

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4 reviews
Leane
June 29, 2024
With a nostalgic nod back to the depression-era caper 'The Thin Man', Nebula and Hugo award winner Mary Robinette Kowal now brings us a fully immersive sci-fi tale in 'The Spare Man'. The storyline follows Tesla Crane and her new husband, the famed retired Private Investigator Shal, as their honeymoon is interrupted when bodies start dropping around them. This is a tale of nefarious plans, dastardly intentions, technical wonders, sleight of hand, a darling newly married couple, a vicious English lawyer swearing her way through the legal system, a main character visibly using a cane and dealing with the reality of living with chronic pain and PTSD, and a small adorable service dog named Gimlet. Ultimately, this is a fun sci-fi whodunit that cranks up class to a level that offers a cocktail recipe at the start of each chapter to match the unfolding action. So, if you like your reading to come with cocktail pairings, this is definitely for you!
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Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Lady Astronaut Universe and historical fantasy novels The Glamourist Histories series and Ghost Talkers. She's a member of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo awards, the RT Reviews award for Best Fantasy Novel, the Nebula, and Locus awards. Mary Robinette lives in Nashville with her husband and over a dozen manual typewriters.
Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Lady Astronaut Universe and historical fantasy novels The Glamourist Histories series and Ghost Talkers. She's a member of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo awards, the RT Review...

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