The 22 Murders of Madison May – Max Barry

When a reporter finds herself at particularly grizzly crime scene, her investigation leads her to a strange place: a different version of Earth where her live-in boyfriend now likes to cook and her cat no longer exists.  She eventually learns the truth: a man is moving through the multi-verse, killing off different versions of a young woman named Madison May.  After jumping through a number of different universes, she comes up with a plan to stop him and save Madison, at least this latest version of her, and to make a new home for herself.  She just needs to stop him before he gets to this Madison.

The 22 Murders of Madison May is the latest from Australian author Max Barry.  It has been 17 years since I’ve read anything from Barry, and this was a nice return to his work.  While things started kind of slow, it picked up and was a nice mix of sci-fi and mystery.  I may need to pick up some more of his work before another 17 years goes by.