Polar City Blues

I had not read any of Ms Kerr's works before I read this one and I'm glad. Polar City Blues is not Celtic mystical warriors and elves--it is a good solid science fiction\fantasy\murder mystery with a plot that doesn't stop, interesting people and locations, and a subtlety of humour that slips by almost without being noticed. The planet of Hagar has a capital city of Sara. There is an over-controlling computer, a wimpy baseball player, a mysterious alien with the highly politically incorrect name of Mrs. Bug. Gender and colour roles are reversed without hindering the plot in anyway. The only flaw is that so much is going on that we get a touch confused. The action is non-stop, the writing is lucid and I'd like to hear more of these people.