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Murder by Other Means
- The Dispatcher, Book 2
- Narrated by: Zachary Quinto
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From Hugo and Audie Award-winning author John Scalzi comes an exciting sequel to the New York Times best-selling, number one Audible hit The Dispatcher, performed by the incomparable Zachary Quinto.
Welcome to the new world, in which murder is all but a thing of the past. Because when someone kills you, 999 times out of 1,000, you instantly come back to life. In this world, there are dispatchers - licensed killers who step in when you’re at risk of a natural or unintentional death. They kill you - so you can live.
Tony Valdez is used to working his job as a dispatcher within the rules of the law and the state. But times are tough, and more and more Tony finds himself riding the line between what’s legal and what will pay his bills. After one of these shady gigs and after being a witness to a crime gone horribly wrong, Tony discovers that people around him are dying, for reasons that make no sense...and which just may implicate him.
Tony is running out of time: to solve the mystery of these deaths, to keep others from dying, and to keep himself from being a victim of what looks like murder, by other means.
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- JuddMan
- 28-07-2021
A good listen
This was a very good listen. Not a very long story but a good one. My main complaint is that the protagonist doesn't clue into a few things that seemed immediately obvious to the reader.
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- Samantha Negra
- 16-03-2024
Great series
That it’s a series and there are other books with the same main character and job .
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- Stuart
- 10-12-2023
Great short story
Really cool premise how do you kill someone when murder is next to impossible. Well done Mr Scalzi!!
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- Anonymous User
- 08-11-2023
Dispatcher adventures continue
Quick and punchy, I loved hearing more about our favourite dispatcher and the weird scenarios he finds himself in. You need to stop taking those kind of jobs Tony!!
I found Quinto's narration a little more inconsistent for the second one, some characters sounded the same, some sounded incredible and unique. it didn't distract from the story though.
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- Jude Wightman
- 27-10-2023
enjoyable
like the first book, I really enjoyed this one as well. Something so different than I would normally read.
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- Sarah Gorman
- 10-10-2023
A Nice Surprise
My husband and I listed to the first book together and thoroughly enjoyed it. We were so delighted to find out there were more books and this one did not disappoint. We were engrossed from start to end.
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- Mr Ray J Palmer
- 28-09-2023
Excellent, but needs better narration.
The high quality of the book is let down at times by the narrator not providing distinguishable voices for each character. There are many occasions where conversations are hard to follow because it is not clear who is speaking.
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- Wendy G.
- 25-09-2023
Really cool series!
I’m looking forward to more. Zac Quinto narrates these so beautifully. I wish they were longer.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-09-2023
Enjoyable
Intriguing series. I really liked the characters and the narrator. Looking forward to story 3.
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- Eleanor
- 11-07-2023
Quirky and beautifully read
I was new to Scalzi with this, and very pleasantly surprised. The story presents an unusual proposition that Scalzi doesn’t waste time trying to explain, just gets in amongst the narrative. Really well read by Quinto: lovely voice, excellent characterisations. Light but good.
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