Phil in SF reviewed Countdown city by Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman, #2)
The end of the world as they know it and no one is fine
4 stars
Henry Palace, former policeman, along with the rest of the world has like 77 days until an asteroid slams into Earth ending life as they know it.
There being a shortage of food, no monetary economy and not much to do except wait for the end of civilization, Palace agrees to take on a case finding the husband of someone he knows.
It's way more shit happens on the way to the apocalypse than detective fiction, where The Last Policeman was a good combination. A good the apocalypse is on us story, though there's a few too many characters to keep straight, and the plot is more complex than it should have been.
Henry Palace, former policeman, along with the rest of the world has like 77 days until an asteroid slams into Earth ending life as they know it.
There being a shortage of food, no monetary economy and not much to do except wait for the end of civilization, Palace agrees to take on a case finding the husband of someone he knows.
It's way more shit happens on the way to the apocalypse than detective fiction, where The Last Policeman was a good combination. A good the apocalypse is on us story, though there's a few too many characters to keep straight, and the plot is more complex than it should have been.
