Sherlock Mars

I enjoyed this light-hearted futuristic mystery. It's hard to pin down what category this book falls in - it's mostly sci-fi with a murder mystery, lots of funny puns, and lots of talk about food. It does make you think about prejudice, in this case androids vs. non-enhanced humans. My only complaint with this book is that it has a lot of characters to keep track of.

My thanks to Netgalley, the author, and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I loved the concept of this book. It was an enjoyable read and I thoroughly enjoyed the setting and plot.

This was a silly quirky sci-fi mystery. The characters weren't super deep, but the names, "historical" references, and technologies were a lot of fun and really caught my imagination.

Molly owns a restaurant, and the owner of the virtual restaurant next door is killed in her kitchen during a joint event. Molly investigates this while running her restaurant and planning her daughter's high-profile wedding. The wedding was probably my favorite part of the book :). There is also some tension between androids and humans. Anyway - tons of clever references made this an enjoyable book to read.

A light, summer, beach read that mixes outer space with whodunnit, and humor.

This story is about how Molly, a chef of a popular restaurant on terra-formed Mars investigates the death of a patron, alongside friendly police (that aren't quite up to the mental CPU speed of Molly). Molly has experience in this; it's her second time around solving a murder case. (Though this novel isn't a sequel, it involves some characters from Chocolate, Chocolate Moons, a prior book by the author. It's clearly not a problem to have not read the first book.)

This book is notable for ... puns. A couple gets married; the official married name: Mr. Burton Ernie. Neah, neah, neah. Names for people, food & places all harken to *something* you know; you just need to identify it.

The story is pretty light-hearted, as is the plot line. Nothing serious here; you'll blow through it quickly, rolling your eyes (nay, "spinning" them?) frequently. This isn't designed to be a novel you talk to your friends about because of it's deep ideas & concepts - though, to her credit, the author thinks up some pretty fun sci-fi ideas, like "virtual eating". (Ya gotta read it....)

All in all, if you're up for a serious, interstellar war between planet-sized AIs and multiple races around the galaxy,, this won't be a book you'll want. But if you're hungry (food), want to read some interesting-sounding dish names, and wade through a set of clues - all discarded - until the bad guy is caught, then this is your book for the summer.

Suburb take on a classic! Mystery is my favorite genre at the moment and this book did justice!

I was intrigued by the book blurb. How fun to have a sci-fi murder mystery. Well, in a way it was fun, but very complicated. You've got about 4 storylines rolling along in this book and it's difficult to keep up with each one. My favorite was the prejudice problem with androids and humans. It could have been the mystery -- but that got lost in all the puns and wedding and wondering who was who.

This would have made several good books if the storylines had been separated, but then the characters weren't developed very well so the storyline would be the only thing holding it all together. Perhaps, it would have helped if I had read the first one? But if it was just like this one, I doubt I'd spend the time just to sort it all out.

Thanks to the author and Netgalley for access to the book to read in exchange for an honest review.

It's puny and funny and out there in space! I laughed a good bit with this witty and cute read. Murder and mystery mix with Mars. How can you resist that? I couldn't! It's a comedy that I actually enjoyed.

My copy came from Net Galley. My thoughts and opinions are my own. This review is left of my own free volition.

This book was a very good read! I liked the characters and their personalities and even how Molly was trying to connect the dots by talking to her staff in figuring out the mystery. I do like how this depiction of how Mars would be terra formed since one of my fave podcasts has been talking about that subject lately.