While waiting for this month's Audible credit, I grabbed a 3 book series of novellas (novellae?) from the Plus catalog by John Scalzi. From Book 1 (
The Dispatcher):
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One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone—999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. How? We don’t know. But it changes everything: war, crime, daily life.
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The premise is stupid. But mercifully, Scalzi makes no effort whatsoever to explain
how/why the phenomenon occurs. What follows are hardboiled mysteries narrated by Zachary Quinto that exploit that stupid premise in order to present unique plot devices that, quite frankly, worked for me. Quinto's narration helped sell the stories.
The Dispatcher
Murder by Other Means
Travel by Bullet
If you're looking for something to hold you over between credits, they're quick and easy.