Andorra Pett and the Oort Cloud Cafe
Richard Dee
Today I am thrilled to be taking part in the Blog Blitz for Andorra Pett and the Oort Cloud Cafe by Richard Dee. Thank you to the author and Rachel @rararesources for asking me to take part.
Andorra Pett and the Oort Cloud Café
Meet Andorra Pett; with her trusty sidekick, she’s taken over a derelict café. On a mining station. It just happens to be orbiting Saturn!
She’s hoping for a fresh start, away from all the drama of her old life. It’s a chance to relax and start again in a place where nobody knows anything about her or her past.
But the café holds a secret, and secrets have a habit of coming out; whether you want them to or not. And being accident prone doesn’t help. The more you try to pretend that you know what’s going on, the worse it gets.
Andorra’s plans for peace and quiet get lost amid the revelations and skulduggery and she soon realises that the fate of the whole station lies in her hapless hands.
In space, you can still trip over your feet; the question is, will you land upright?
My Review
Sci-Fi is a brand new genre for me, but I am eager to widen my reading horizons and when I saw that the book is part crime mystery I couldn’t wait to dive in.
Andorra is about to open a run-down cafe on a mining space station close to Saturn. She is accompanied by her friend and business partner Cy and they are given a warm welcome and lots of help by the local community on their arrival.
However, secrets soon begin to emerge, they discover that the previous owner of the cafe disappeared mysteriously, then an alarming discovery is found in the cafe kitchen.
Richard Dee sets the space station scene in intricate detail, the characters are quirky and fun and the mystery element keeps you guessing throughout.
Thank you to Rachel @rararesources and Richard Dee for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Author Bio –
A native of Brixham in Devon, Richard Dee’s family left Devon when he was in his teens and settled in Kent. Leaving school at 16 he briefly worked in a supermarket, then went to sea and travelled the world in the Merchant Navy, qualifying as a Master Mariner in 1986. Coming ashore to be with his growing family, he used his sea-going knowledge in several jobs, including Marine Insurance Surveyor and Dockmaster at Tilbury, before becoming a Port Control Officer in Sheerness and then at the Thames Barrier in Woolwich. In 1994 he was head-hunted and offered a job as a Thames Estuary Pilot. In 1999 he transferred to the Thames River Pilots, where he regularly took vessels of all sizes through the Thames Barrier and upriver as far as H.M.S. Belfast and through Tower Bridge. In all, he piloted over 3,500 vessels in a 22-year career with the Port of London Authority. Richard was offered part time working in 2010, which allowed him to return to live in Brixham, where he took up writing and blogging. He retired in 2015, when he set up and ran a successful Organic bakery, supplying local shops and cafés. The urge to write eventually overtook the urge to bake but Richard still makes bread for friends and family. Richard is married with three adult children and two grandchildren.
He can be found at www.richarddeescifi.co.uk
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Twitter – https://twitter.com/@RichardDockett1
Thanks for being part of the blog tour and for the great review. The sequel will be out in April.
You’re very welcome Richard xx