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  • Murder by Other Means

  • The Dispatcher, Book 2
  • Written by: John Scalzi
  • Narrated by: Zachary Quinto
  • Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (592 ratings)

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Murder by Other Means

Written by: John Scalzi
Narrated by: Zachary Quinto
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From Hugo and Audie Award-winning author John Scalzi comes an exciting sequel to the New York Times best-selling, number one Audible hit The Dispatcher, performed by the incomparable Zachary Quinto.

Welcome to the new world, in which murder is all but a thing of the past. Because when someone kills you, 999 times out of 1,000, you instantly come back to life. In this world, there are dispatchers - licensed killers who step in when you’re at risk of a natural or unintentional death. They kill you - so you can live.

Tony Valdez is used to working his job as a dispatcher within the rules of the law and the state. But times are tough, and more and more Tony finds himself riding the line between what’s legal and what will pay his bills. After one of these shady gigs and after being a witness to a crime gone horribly wrong, Tony discovers that people around him are dying, for reasons that make no sense...and which just may implicate him.

Tony is running out of time: to solve the mystery of these deaths, to keep others from dying, and to keep himself from being a victim of what looks like murder, by other means.

©2020 John Scalzi (P)2020 2020 Audible Originals, LLC
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Loved It

Did not like this book quite as much as the first but it was still awesome. Mr Quinto - excellent narration ! Book 3 here I come!

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Intriguing, good, doesn't overstay it's welcome

This is another satisfying little Dispatcher story. It's long enough to carry weight and short enough not to drag. I didn't predict where it was going. The main character is a fun beaten down underdog type. The little glimpses of the world and the mechanics of how the setting's central concept impacts it are interesting. Zachary Quinto has a solid narrator voice.

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I only wish it was longer.

Great story and narration. A wierd concept that works. I hope there are more in the series.

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Great story, great performance

I got hook on the first book and while it’s not as good as the first one, it’s still very intriguing and a good mystery story

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Once again interesting story by this author.

Read alone, or after the first. Last one I reviewed I mentioned that I hoped there would be more, and there was. :) perhaps there’s more yet? Nice brain candy, again.

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Too short!

I would love to see a full length novel in this world! It's over too soon

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I like this series

good story, interesting plot. only issue... undo some of the "I said" from the narrative. can't wait for the next one!

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An excellent sequel

I wasn’t sure where else the story would go after the first tale, but Scalzi has managed to give us an even more intricate murder mystery, building on the scenario that he created for the first story. It’s tricky to come up with a murder mystery in a setting where people can’t actually be murdered in the usual way, but he figured it out. There’s a hint of a follow up story, and I’d be interested to see that too.

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So good!

These books read by Zachary Quinto pack a lot of good stuff in a short package. Charming charactes and unpredictable endings. I hope there will be more.

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Great addition

Very good instalment to the dispatcher series. Lots of suspense with a satisfying ending. It also felt like you didn’t have to read the first to understand the second book. And always Zachary quinto is phenomenal

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