Driving the Deep

This is the sequel to [b:Finder 40796392 Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1) Suzanne Palmer https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1543385033l/40796392.SY75.jpg 63522653], and it's another page-turner: I finished it the same day that I bought it. Palmer's story-telling ability is alive and well.This time the setting is more unusual and original: much of the story takes place at the bottom of the ocean on Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, where there is a scientific research settlement. (Yes, Enceladus is a real moon, and it really has an ocean.)I like this book well enough, but somewhat less than I liked [b:Finder 40796392 Finder (Finder Chronicles, #1) Suzanne Palmer https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1543385033l/40796392.SY75.jpg 63522653], because I find the setting and the story rather oppressive and uncongenial. Any story has to contain some adversity, some difficulties to overcome, but I enjoy a story more if it has some pleasant aspects, some moments of happiness and/or comedy. In this story, Detective Zacker is occasionally somewhat amusing, and the ending is sufficiently positive, but that's about it.Palmer's writing has moments of levity, and her hero Fergus has a sense of humour, but outright comedy isn't really an ingredient here.