The Mimicking of Known Successes

De: Malka Older

Narrado por: Lindsey Dorcus

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically acclaimed Centenal Cycle.

On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony’s erudite university―and Mossa’s former girlfriend, a scholar of Earth’s pre-collapse ecosystems.

Pleiti has dedicated her research and her career to aiding the larger effort towards a possible return to Earth. When Mossa unexpectedly arrives and requests Pleiti’s assistance in her latest investigation, the two of them embark on a twisting path in which the future of life on Earth is at stake―and, perhaps, their futures, together.

©2023 Malka Older (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Steampunkish

Fans of Steampunk will enjoy the charm of this story. While not strictly speaking that genre the tone has a similar charm.

Interesting setting

The story could have been better with more world building imo. But it was interesting, good writing and characters, the investigation and twists were fun to listen to.
It felt a little like Sherlock Holmes, knowing Mossa had answers but Pleiti was the one telling the story as her sidekick.

Missing person mystery

It was hard to get into at 1st, but got better. A couple when in Uni, the exes work together to solve a mystery. One is a scholar and the other and investigator.

Quite fun listen

Good story. A nice little adventure with enough of a victorian twist to affect my mental picture of the charactors. I wish it was longer but at least a sequel is on the way.

Strong mystery, but limited characterization

Great world-building and an interesting mystery, but the romance and character work was more subdued and limited than I would have liked. This ends in a HFN and if the series continues, I would need to see more about how they address the issues they had in their earlier relationship rather than hand-waving them away.

The narrator had engaging character work, but the words were a bit garbled sometimes. I wish there had been clearer pronunciation. But this narrator had subtle acting work that lent itself to the world.