Rule: A-list sci-fi/fantasy writers, especially comic, have to write a wild frontier major series and a minor detective series
Asimov: Foundation vs Lije Bailey mysteries
Douglas Adams: HHG vs Dirk Gently mysteries
Terry Pratchett: Rincewind etc vs City Watch mysteries
Others?
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Brandon Sanderson's second Mistborn trilogy is detective-ish.
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Huh why? They’re popular mass sci-fi, hardly obscure. Most Asimov fans have read them.
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Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series has a few murder mysteries in it, including the novel Memory and the short story The Mountains of Mourning.
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Bradbury: The Martian Chronicles; Death is a Lonely Business.
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Asimov also did the armchair detective Black Widower's Club and Union Club mysteries.





