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Cargando... Ten Little Fen: A Spade/Paladin Conundrumpor Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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When Secret Master of Fandom and private detective Spade agreed to step in as director of SierraCon, he thought the job under control. Until a snowstorm traps all the fannish attendees inside. Then the con gets really interesting... But when fen start falling one by one from unexplained misfortune, Spade and Paladin must act fast to discover why-before one of their own becomes a victim, too. Praise for the Diving Universe: "This series is a fun glimpse into the world of science fiction fandom." -Gumshoes, Gats, and Gams "Great characters." -Little Big Crimes "I hope to read many more stories about Spade and Paladin." -Mystery Scene No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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That's a mistake. As the official start of the convention approaches, a major blizzard closes in, flights are canceled, both attendees and guests cancel, and Spade has to remind the hotel's general manager of the unusual terms of their contract regarding cancelations. At least their Writer Guest of Honor arrived early, and the "Usual Set," a group of New York-based writers and editors who travel a lot, show up unexpectedly, just before that becomes impossible, and can be used to fill program holes created by the cancelations. Except, of course, Spade's troubles haven't even started. That happens during dinner that night, when one well-known fan nearly chokes to death, is saved by fandom's other traveling detective, Paladin, performing the Heimlich maneuver, and subsequently proves to have been poisoned.
The tiny, plastic number 1 in his food, which caused him to choke, may actually have saved his life, but he's still really sick from the poison. Spade, Paladin, and their young ward, Casper, do not yet suspect that the tiny, plastic number 1 is the first real sign of what they're up against. The basic outline of what they're up against can be found in an Agatha Christie book whose third and so far final title, after the first two offended even the less sensitive racial sensitivities of an earlier age, is ...And Then There Were None.
Even with the cancelations, they've got a few hundred people on site.
It's soon very clear that the would-be killer isn't stupid, and is intimately familiar with fandom. This isn't an outsider. Spade, Paladin, Casper because they can't leave her unattended while they investigate, the writer Guest of Honor, Horatio Dunnett (who may strike some as remarkably similar to George RR Martin), and a few other convention members and the occasional member of the hotel staff, are rushing to find a wannabe killer before anyone is actually killed. And they can't call in the police, because the storm has snowed in the hotel and anything that might be considered nearby. The police can't get them. They're lucky they have doctors and nurses attending the convention, or they'd have no knowledgeable care for the injured as the murder attempts mount.
Finding the perpetrator is going to take Spade's deep knowledge of fandom and ability to dig out long-buried information as long as it's buried in digital form, and Paladin's quick thinking and fast reflexes.
It's a clever mystery, a lot of fun, and satisfies at least a bit of that urge to attend a convention that's been frustrated since early 2020.
Recommended.
I received this book as a gift, and am reviewing it voluntarily. ( )