Robotec

A detective story with a touch of science fiction in this novella-length (20,000 words) introduction to Mac, an android detective and his veteran human partner, Detective Frank Stagg. Mac isn't the powerful mechanical Robocop of the movies, you see, but a delicate sensing and problem-solving device and needs Stagg to defend and protect him. Their first case together seems to be inconsequential, a missing person, and the resolution seems to imply no crime has actually been committed but it leads to murder and madness as the pair confront a national institution. Fast-paced and occasionally light-hearted, Robotec contains enough twists and turns to satisfy every mystery fan.