I pre-ordered this book because I had enjoyed the first one so much.
DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock return in the provocative new thriller from the author of In the Blink of an Eye.
There are two protagonists in the flawed human Kat Frank and the AI hologram AIDE Locke who in this novel have moved on from trying to solve linked cold cases to solving a local macabre murder which turns out to be the first of a planned sequence. It’s unnecessary to have read the first novel to pick up the second because what you might need to know is recapped throughout this novel.
The novel begins in the thoughts of the murderer and is very well written.
The murder, when encountered by the team reveals a naked man atop a hill on a cross with his ears hacked off. The scene has been contaminated by the people who informed the police about their discovery.
There’s sufficient breadcrumbing throughout the novel to work out who the killer is fairly early on but there are enough suspects to keep most guessing until the reveal.
The plots of this series of books work because the human is using experience and “what if…” questions whereas Locke is gathering data and playing the odds of probability to identify the murderer.
I wonder if Jo Callaghan will be brave enough to have AI Locke cracking the case instead of the human in a subsequent thriller?
The back stories of the police officers make reading the novels in order worthwhile.
4/5
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