![]() The victim is Adam Sten, but given the levels of surveillance and monitoring, rational logic dictates that this event is just not possible. ![]() ![]() This is a story that takes the established crime trope of the locked room syndrome, and then shifts in thrilling and unexpected directions.Īlma finds herself called into an automated car factory utilising robots, where there is a dead body in a car boot. This puts Alma under inordinate pressure and stress as she needs to keep an eye on the time constantly to ensure she is back with Marguerite at the necessary times. Marguerite is bed ridden, cannot leave home due to her size, and dependent on Alma for medical attention required every 4 hours. Private detective Alma who has a preference for the offbeat, has a partner, Marguerite, who is critically ill as a result of gene hacking. It is no surprise then that the outside world is falling apart, causing significant concern in the circles of power. It is a world in which people are addicted to and plugged into Shine, a post-internet offering a virtual online existence, in which reality just cannot compete. ![]() This is a superb multi-genre, multilayered, crime noir set in a future Britain. ![]()
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