KLIATT - Ginger Armstrong
Following [book: The Disappeared], this novel continues the Retrieval Artist series that is based on Rusch's Hug...
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Feb 05, 2012
Kathleen
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A good second book in this moon-based detective series. Miles Flint has now been working for a while as a Retrieval Artist and, as he had been warned by Paloma (who he had bought the business from), there were boring periods of time when there were no clients. The book quickly rights that!
This book has quite a different focus to the first - it doesn't have alien races but instead has a mad scientist. And a lot of the activity happens Outside, i.e. on the moon surface rather than i More...
This book has quite a different focus to the first - it doesn't have alien races but instead has a mad scientist. And a lot of the activity happens Outside, i.e. on the moon surface rather than i More...
May 24, 2010
Princessjay
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Tedious.
Shallow characters: The detective-turned-retrieval-artist, who was, we are repeatedly told, haunted by the death of his daughter 10 years ago. The tough female detective, hated by her department, complete with regulation-issue cardboard boss who loathe her for no reason.
The one-sided moral viewpoint: the human one. From a not particularly intelligent human, at that. The alien crimes were described thus: "People were punished for things they hadn't even known More...
Shallow characters: The detective-turned-retrieval-artist, who was, we are repeatedly told, haunted by the death of his daughter 10 years ago. The tough female detective, hated by her department, complete with regulation-issue cardboard boss who loathe her for no reason.
The one-sided moral viewpoint: the human one. From a not particularly intelligent human, at that. The alien crimes were described thus: "People were punished for things they hadn't even known More...
Jun 30, 2009
Brad
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This book was better than the first, but I probably think that because it involved more science. The basic plot is this: a brilliant scientist has created a lethal virus to test and push humanity to its limits. After a disaster in another dome a decade back, she went into hiding. Now she's back to test it again during the Moon Marathon. Miles Flint and Noelle DeRicci, our protagonists from last book, are back to try to stop her before it's too late.
This book kept me hooked, thoug More...
This book kept me hooked, thoug More...
Feb 09, 2010
Danjo
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Ms. Rusch is a good writer; her words carry you along nicely. This was mostly a science-fiction mystery. The setting is the Moon marathon, hundreds of years after humans had domes in which they lived on the Moon. Nicely, the domed town is named "Armstrong." Lest we forget....
An intriguing cast of characters called Retrieval Artists, Disappeared, and Trackers interact in- and outside the law. Other books in the series apparently have space aliens in them; people transgr More...
An intriguing cast of characters called Retrieval Artists, Disappeared, and Trackers interact in- and outside the law. Other books in the series apparently have space aliens in them; people transgr More...
Jul 13, 2008
Diana
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Nice SF mystery taking place during a marathon on the moon. A deranged scientist who one, while conducting an experiment, killed off an entire dome full of people may be hiding out on the moon.
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Feb 17, 2011
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Mar 29, 2009
C.S.
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I liked this one better than the first one. I gave the first one a 4 but it was just barely. The science fiction was good but the mystery struggled. This one the mystery really worked for me. I much better blending of the two genres. I like the multiple story lines and the fun way they all pull together.
Jan 05, 2011
Kalyn
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This book had a much better mystery than others in the series - felt much more like a detective novel than others. I liked that change. Since I read the books all out of order, I didn't mind the stereotypical characters as I knew things about them from later books that made them deeper.
Jul 22, 2009
Brad
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While I think this books is not as good as the first in the series, the story was complex, compelling, and kept me reading with interest. Characters are at time a bit shallow and under-developed, but the story is compelling enough to keep me reading.
Jan 16, 2012
Jan
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Liking this series more and more. So far each book stands on it's own. Not only are there mysteries but there is as often in sci fi what will be the ethics with items such as cloning and dealing with cultures which may very, very different.
Oct 12, 2008
Stef
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These things are like candy.
Like the first book in the Retrieval Artist series, this is a police/detective novel set on the moon and it features the same two main characters, Noelle DiRicci (I really like this character) and Miles Flint.
A lot of the energy in this one comes from one set of characters having half of the information and another set having the other half, and are they going to hook up in time?
Rusch overwrites a bit, ending each chapter on the s More...
Like the first book in the Retrieval Artist series, this is a police/detective novel set on the moon and it features the same two main characters, Noelle DiRicci (I really like this character) and Miles Flint.
A lot of the energy in this one comes from one set of characters having half of the information and another set having the other half, and are they going to hook up in time?
Rusch overwrites a bit, ending each chapter on the s More...
Aug 29, 2009
Shawn
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I thought the first book ended to soon so this one satisfied my hunger for more. The interesting characters were the only reason I kept on, the story not so much.
Apr 27, 2010
Ashley FL
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Fun space detective series. Main character seems like a cross between Eve and Peabody from the "In Death" series, so that cracks me up!
Jul 16, 2011
Tom
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Really 3.5 stars. A fun moon detective adventure. I will read more in this series.
Oct 22, 2011
Betsy
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This was a good murder mystery set in a great scifi world. If you like mysteries, even if you don't usually read scifi, you will like this book. It was easier to follow than the first book in the series, because it stuck to one main story line. Reading the first book would give some background on the main characters, but it is not necessary for understanding this one.
Aug 17, 2010
John
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Yow! This book took me a couple chapters to get into it, but by the last quarter I was hanging on every word! Beautiful amalgam of SF, mystery, and medical race against the clock. The braid of the three narrative points of view from the three investigators converged nicely.
Apr 18, 2011
Mollie
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An easy detective/sci fi novel. Reading candy (:
Mild swears, some violence, no sex.
Mild swears, some violence, no sex.
Dec 18, 2007
Craig
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One of the Moon cops from The Disappeared is now a "retrieval artist" - helping those who have disappeared from alien justice to reclaim their former identities. He's still working with his former partner on murders connected to the disappeared though.
Nov 01, 2008
Ellen
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I highly recommend this book to fellow Science Fiction fans and to those who enjoy Detective stories. The Retrieval Artists series is an exciting blend of both genres.
Jun 21, 2009
Jennifer
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This is book two in the retrieval artist series. I thought it, too was good and provided some thought-provoking questions.
Dec 28, 2010
Julie
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Nothing necessarily wrong with the book itself. I just couldn't get into or care about the mystery.
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