The brand-new thriller featuring DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock, from the award-winning Sunday Times bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye.
Human suspicion. AI manipulation.
When truth can be rewritten, who can you trust?
DCS Kat Frank is back at the Future Policing Unit after a devastating loss – and straight into her most disturbing case yet.
On Halloween night, a local MP is found murdered. Beside the body is a taunting message in binary code, aimed directly at Kat:
Catch me if you can.
The victim was a vocal opponent of AI. The motive looks political. But as Kat investigates with her partner, AIDE Lock – the world’s first AI detective – the case spirals into something far more dangerous.
Then a cyberattack takes down the National Grid.
With the country in chaos and lives on the line, Kat and Lock must track a killer who is always one step ahead. But in a world of deepfakes, deception and digital ghosts, instinct is no longer enough.
Kat must decide whether to trust the one thing she still fears most: her AI partner.
Because this time, Lock may not just be solving the case.
He may be changing what it means to be human.
Can Kat stop a killer before the lights go out for good?
My thoughts: This series is so good, and so prescient as the debate about AI gathers steam.
Lock and Kat are investigating the murder of a local MP, her body found with a message that seems to be just for them.
As they investigate it seems their case has far reaching dimensions, as an unknown threat emerges and attacks the national grid, demanding the government should hand over millions in return for getting to keep the lights on.
At the same time, a member of Kat’s team has a critically ill child, if they don’t get the power back on, it could have serious consequences for them.
Seconded onto the government’s emergency response team, Kat and Lock must find this hidden threat and stop them before the generators run down.
I was absolutely gripped, such a good case, Kat is a great protagonist and even though Lock is an AI construct, he’s surprisingly human at times. I really enjoyed every page, Jo Callaghan is a fantastic writer.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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