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The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles

By: Malka Older
Narrated by: Lindsey Dorcus
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INVESTIGATOR MOSSA AND SCHOLAR PLEITI REUNITE TO SOLVE A NEW MYSTERY IN THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE COZY SPACE-OPERA DETECTIVE MYSTERY THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES, WHICH HUGO AWARD–WINNING AUTHOR CHARLIE JANE ANDERS CALLED “AN UTTER TRIUMPH.”

Mossa has returned to Valdegeld on a missing persons case, for which she’ll once again need Pleiti’s insight. Seventeen students and staff members have disappeared from Valdegeld University—yet no one has noticed. The answers to this case may lie on the moon of Io—Mossa’s home—and the history of Jupiter’s original settlements during humanity’s exodus from Earth.

But Pleiti’s faith in her life’s work as a scholar of the past has grown precarious, and this new case threatens to further destabilize her dreams for humanity’s future, as well as her own.

©2024 Malka Older (P)2024 Recorded Books Romance Science Fiction Space Exploration
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A mysterious missing person leads scholar Pleiti and detective Mossa into hijinks. This story is set on a new human space colony which gives the story really interesting context. There are two great female leads who are smart and determined, but imperfect. The narration is reasonably good: as I'm familiar with an English accent, I could tell it wasn't quite right and notice that the narrator is from the US. However the voice acting is reasonably good, and the book is definitely worth listening to. Combines cosy detective story with space adventure and a sprinkling of WLW romance.

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