Mar. 19th, 2025

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The Five Points RipperThe Five Points Ripper by Larry Correia

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Third in a series of SF police procedural novellas set on Croatoan, a barely useable planet which got settled as a last-ditch effort after the colony ship went astray. Or was that really an accident, after all?

DCI Lutero Cade has been trying to figure this out for a while, now -- for family reasons -- and it's an intriguing mystery. Unfortunately, this novella doesn't get him much closer to the answer. Instead, the listener is swept up in a suspenseful "bug hunt" for a killer who's been leaving a mess on four of the five habitable mountain tops of the colony. There's some excellent world-building, and Cade's hardboiled personality shines through as always with Oliver Wyman's narration. I had no trouble sticking with this one to the end -- but for once, that end came too soon. I wanted more progress on the overall mystery of how Croatoan got settled, which didn't happen.

These novellas are available free on Audible as part of one's membership, which seems a good way to enjoy them. Too short to justify a full credit purchase, at least to me, but I'm hooked on the series and the character. Recommended for listeners who loved movies like Outland or Bladerunner.




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