{"product_id":"halcyon-years-9781399611787","title":"Halcyon Years : A gripping new murder mystery set on a spaceship from the million-copy bestselling ‘mastersinger’ of science fiction","description":"\u003cp data-bb-audio=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eListen while you read.\u003c\/strong\u003e The audiobook is on Libro.fm, and part of every sale comes back to our shop. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bb-listen.thomasjohnjunk.workers.dev\/a\/9781399611787?s=product\"\u003eGet the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e, and it opens the edition sold in your country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA superb new noir\/science fiction fusion from the 'mastersinger of space opera' (The Times) and the creator of the beloved Revelation Space universe, strap in for a gripping murder mystery. Yuri Gagarin is a private investigator, who picks up small cases from his local community, runs into trouble with the local police, and generally ekes out a living as best he can. He's aboard the Halcyon - a starship, hurtling through space, carrying thousands of passengers with thousands more sleeping the journey away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly his usual investigative work - catching cheating spouses, and small time con artists - is about to take a turn. He's hired by a mysterious woman called Ruby Red to look into a death in one of Halcyon's most elite families . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. and then warned off the case again by a second mysterious woman called Ruby Blue. Caught between the two, he's about to be embroiled in a murder mystery in which - at any moment - he could be the latest victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGripping, fast-paced fun this is a classic noir mystery with a science fiction twist, which will keep you guessing, and on the edge of your seat, to the end. 'A hugely entertaining film noir pastiche set on a generational spaceship' - SFX'Alastair Reynolds is a genre adventurer . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. Halycon Years is a novel composed of nested mysteries and riddles' - Locus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Alastair Reynolds\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery, Science fiction, Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 14 May 2026 by Orion Publishing Co.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alastair Reynolds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57523840582010,"sku":"9781399611787","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781399611787.jpg?v=1793935637","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/it\/products\/halcyon-years-9781399611787","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}