A man dies in an apparent suicide, but a police detective suspects it may be murder. However, he can’t get anyone else to care because a four-mile-wide asteroid is going to hit the Earth in six months and probably wipe out humanity.
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Review: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
The Earth is just a tiny bit farther away from the sun in Early Riser, but that’s enough to make the winters harsh enough that humans have evolved to hibernate. The exception are the Winter Consuls, a group of misfits tasked with keeping the sleeping population safe.
28 Best Science Fiction Detective Books
Detective fiction in the English-speaking world is considered to have begun in 1841 with the publication of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and have been extremely popular ever since, showing up in every single literary genre. Continue reading