The Apollo Murders

A more than honest page-turner, Chris Hadfield can certainly communicate and write compellingly. Being quite a fan of the Apollo era and project, I was rather curious to read this book written by a former astronaut, and in this sense it did not disappoint!

The plot is interesting and the twists well weaved in. I had a bit more difficulty in getting to care for the main character, except in the prologue - perhaps the fact that a lot of the action happened in a separate setting, and that he did not seem to have a major function until the end, did not help. Let's say I do not feel compelled to read another Kaz book.

Nevertheless, it is interesting to read a story set in that era without the usual manicheism. It's not a simple "us vs. them" trope. And the space travel parts have a particular sense of realism about them, being written from an author who experienced some of those sensations as an astronaut himself.

All in all, a good book! I do not know yet if I would reread it again, though.