Alibi
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3.7 • 3개의 평가
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- US$6.99
출판사 설명
Teleportation makes everything possible.
It allows Taylor Kendall to live in Chicago, work in Houston, and take a part-time job tutoring the teenaged son of the richest man in America. But the more time she spends in Duncan Phillips' lavish home, the more uneasy she becomes. She adores Quentin, who is suffering from a fatal degenerative disease. She's strongly attracted to Bram Cortez, who heads up security for the household. But she's growing increasingly afraid of Duncan Phillips, who makes it clear he has no interest in his dying son—and far too much interest in Taylor.
When Duncan Phillips turns up dead, Taylor's on the short list of suspects who could have killed him. Sure, she was in Atlanta on the night of the murder. But Atlanta is only a few minutes away by teleport . . .
사용자 리뷰
Slow burn, appealing characters
I enjoyed having Sharon Shinn’s touch in a different genre. Just a bit sci-fi, a possible alternate future, maybe a better one than we have in store for us. Mostly a story about different kinds of love and about the power and value of deep friendships.
I wish that the publisher’s blurb didn’t give away that this was specifically a murder mystery. It might have been enough to make clear that it had elements of mystery and thriller without being so explicit. It would be more fun to just feel that threat building from within, as it were. But it still worked, making you try to figure out from where the threat was going to come, and why.
The early pages are slow and don’t have the depth and draw-you-in of her very best work, but by a quarter of the way in it’s engrossing, especially the intensity of feelings and the web of relationships.
The murder mystery itself is slight, and the denouement a bit rushed and contrived. But it was a satisfying read with appealing characters to root for.