This book has an interesting slant on the usual detective procedural/action novel. This one is an engineer’s procedural. Trust an engineer to know all sorts of ways for people to get killed. Especially all sorts of dangerous things you really didn’t want to know that happen inside the generating pod of a wind turbine, 100 […]
“We Are 100” by Nathan Timmel
Modern technology is so far ahead of most of us, this book could almost be termed Sci-Fi. But basically, it’s a psychological thriller, exposing us to a deep understanding of what makes mass murderers and internet echo chambers work. We get a lot of rational, level-headed philosophy from serial killers, like “You can’t change the […]
“The Trafficking Murders” by Brian O’Hare
This novel is a rather light approach to a gritty subject. The reason I use the term ‘light’ is that it tells a realistic story of a horrible situation but never goes into the grimy details. The details of the offences are balanced by the interactions of the members of the police squad, and again, […]
“Common Source” by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
This book is a police procedural in a Sci-Fi near-future setting, where androids are just starting to be introduced to the general public. Sort of a down-to-earth remake of Asimov’s “I, Robot” Series. It’s a good plotline, with plenty of tension and just enough tech talk to keep us in the picture. However, the story […]
“The Puppet Master” by Ronald S. Barak
This is a story about the political situation in Washington, the same old story of politicians with alternate objectives to their positions protecting those positions no matter what. Likewise all the civil servants down the line to the police detective, who is expected to solve a complicated serial murder case, while at the same time […]