Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

January 1, 2022

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

When a dead body is found at Preservation Station (the safest place in the galaxy - for the crime rate to be any lower, they'd have to be on an uninhabited planet), why does the security staff immediately assume that Murderbot killed the dead person? If Murderbot HAD killed the dead person, he is certainly smart enough not to dump the body in a public place in plain sight. Dealing with people is the worst part of Murderbot's job - they are SUCH a pain in the ass. When security tapes show that Murderbot was no where in the vicinity, they must work with Murderbot to figure out how the murder was committed and who is responsible.

This is #6 in the Murderbot Diaries series, and I just love it.  I love the main character's narration, sarcasm, and sense of humor, also its devotion to Dr. Mensa, the head of preservation station and the first human to realize that Murderbot was a thinking being, and treat it like a person and not a thing (Murderbot is the SecUnit's name for itself). 

What Murderbot the SecUnit may look like