Jack McDevitt is one fine reason to keep reading science fiction. His future world is compelling and while short of the hard scifi I usually prefer, his tales are nevertheless, as Stephen King says in a blurb, "riveting."
This one fits the mold. It’s a multiple-murder mystery set in a future where starships are so common that rich people have their own starship yachts. It’s an alien-contact story, but I won’t give away any of the other details. It drags a little at times, but you can always feel that the promise of the ride is just down the trail a ways. And the ending doesn’t disappoint. Give it a try, for the characters and the worlds he creates, as he puts it, in a universe of winds and echoes.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 