Amateur sleuth Mallory Viridian has just about got her bearings aboard the space station she calls home, but now the physical embodiment of the Internet is on its way, and it's bringing murder with it.

Mallory Viridian has had a quiet few months. Even with the increased influx of humans visiting Station Eternity, she hasn’t seen so much as a bar brawl. Used to people dying left and right around her, the lack of murders to solve has left her unexpectedly . . . bored.

But humanity's favorite way to waste time is on its way to her sector of the galaxy. A giant, one-of-a-kind data ship called Metis is bringing the entire Internet from Earth—as well as a mystery fan convention. On top of that, Mallory's literary agent is aboard, and he tells Mallory that she's the keynote speaker.

It's almost a relief when a killer decides to strike at the convention. When Mallory finds her agent dead, she knows she has to work fast to find the murderer. With a strange new alien with unknown motives, a ship with impossible abilities, a lonely living, comprehensive Internet, and a deadly crime to solve, Mallory has her work cut out for her . . . .

Mallory fled to space to escape the fact that murder seems to follow her around. She had a quiet period on the alien space station but now, as more humans venture into space and on to the station, murder rears its head yet again. Now, as a huge space ship containing all the Internet, as well as a murder mystery convention, approaches Station Eternity, Mallory is drawn in a real murder yet again.

This series is a cozy mystery series with a twist, set in space with lots of alien characters and sentient ships. The characters, even the aliens, are people I’d enjoy meeting in real life. While Mallory solves the murder we are left with several questions about the ship and some of the aliens that hopefully will be further addressed in the next installment. Overall I am really enjoying this series and recommend it highly. ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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