Leave No Trace
A Novel
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
From the bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye comes an inventive thriller that pits algorithms against experience, logic against instinct, and one undetectable killer against two extraordinary detectives.
“Unswervingly gripping and scary, and at the same time beautifully tender and humane.”—Nicci French, author of Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?
When the body of a man is found crucified at the top of a hill in the British Midlands, AIDE Lock—the world’s first AI detective—and Detective Kat Frank are thrust into the spotlight as they are given their first live case. When a second body is found, the police issue an extraordinary warning to local males aged between thirty and forty years old:
• Avoid drinking in pubs.
• If you insist on going to a pub, do not leave alone.
• And definitely do not leave a pub with a stranger.
With the national media and local men in an uproar, Kat and Lock have to combine their instincts and algorithms to catch the killer before they can strike again.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Callaghan's riveting sequel to Blink of an Eye, Warwickshire DCI Kat Frank and her partner, AIDE Lock—the world's first AI detective—have been solving cold cases in the British Midlands for a year. When the gruesomely disfigured body of 29-year-old Gary Jones turns up, his limbs splayed out to mimic crucifixion, it ignites a panic in the typically quiet community and hands Kat and Lock their first live case. Even with Kat's well-honed instincts and Lock's unflappable logic, the pair struggle to find worthwhile leads. Then another young man disappears from a pub after a night out, only to be found in a grisly tableau that echoes Jones's. Relentless local reporter Ellie Baxter and frenzied online speculation about the murders increase pressure on Kat and Lock to stop the killer before a third victim—possibly their colleague Rayan Hassan, as Kat fears—is murdered. Callaghan tweaks the traditional British detective story just enough, freshening up a well-worn formula without attempting to fix what isn't broken. This series deserves a long life.
