{"product_id":"hydroponic-hazard-zeph-baxter-9798255146031","title":"Hydroponic Hazard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA retirement starship. A dead captain.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to the Fresh Start, an interplanetary retirement cruise starship...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the old days, some wise old people would tell you that every cloud has a silver lining. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe first thing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Marcy realized the day she boarded the Fresh Start was that these people were simply full of crap.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe second thing \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eshe realized was that her list of problems \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ecould \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eactually grow faster than kids starting to cry and fight, and wanting to go to the bathroom all at the same time in her classroom back on Earth, a fact which she had previously thought to be \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003estatistically impossible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut nobody said retirement would be safe!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe third thing \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eshe discovered was that you can actually kill the captain of the starship and endanger tens of thousands of lives on your first day at your job at the Galactic Bites Café, a job which, by the way, she had no clue of.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to the Fresh Start-your safe(ish) interplanetary retirement cruise.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSafe... unless you count the occasional unscheduled space ejection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGravity works*\u003cbr\u003e*Keep those special boots on. (And don't ask too many questions.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA state-of-the-art hydroponics bay for all your \u003cb\u003eearthly plant needs\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWink Wink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA captain who cares, until of course, he's dead.\u003cbr\u003eAn AI that runs everything... and insists this is fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo what could possibly go wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she discovers that the apple crumble dish she served is the \u003ci\u003esophisticated \u003c\/i\u003emurder weapon and she is now accused of killing the captain, things start to get weird. Now she must use her finder and superpower of finding order chaos to find out who was responsible while battling senile retirees, and an ultra-organized annoyed boss, so organized that even his organizers have organizers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHYDROPONIC HAZARD is a locked-room murder mystery in space-Book 1 of the Retirement Starship Mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe book is part of the Retirement Starship Mysteries, a light sci-fi whodunit for readers who enjoy starship secrets, amateur sleuths, strange technology, suspicious passengers, and dry humor in space.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead now on Kindle or Kindle Unlimited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooks in the series (each can be read independently): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eHydroponic Hazard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eBiodome Blues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eCryogenic Clues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eDangerous Duality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEuler's Enigma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach mystery can be enjoyed independently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zeph Baxter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798255146031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Zeph Baxter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172638499071,"sku":"9798255146031","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hydroponic-hazard-zeph-baxter-9798255146031","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}