The year is 2071 and there’s a serial killer loose in Atlanta. Lieutenant Jak Decker, a homicide cop, is on the case but is getting nowhere. As the body count mounts, his boss assigns him a partner, the smart and beautiful Detective Cassandra Smith. Decker, a tough, wise-cracking loner, doesn’t want a partner, especially when he finds out she’s an android.
This futuristic crime thriller is the definition of a 'page turner'.
I won't include any spoilers, but it follows a cop named Jak Decker through 2071 Atlanta as he hunts down a serial killer. I also enjoyed the dialog, and the interaction between Jak and Cassandra. One of my favorite lines: "There's a 99 percent probability that there is no God. But that last one percent looks pretty good right now."
Some great, fast-paced reading - "The Nanotech Murders" is a must-read for fans of crime, sci-fi (or both!).
The Nanotech Murders by Lee Gimenez is one of the more smoothly written books I've read in a while. It's very lean, very no-nonsense like the main character, with whom I instantly empathized. He's a cop who cares--so much that now there's trouble at home. Not that it's necessary to be a cop to understand him. Anyone can love something so much that it causes neglect elsewhere. I don't normally read this genre, but it seems to me that this book must do well with readers. The plot and characterization are nicely interwoven. I just kept turning pages.
Luckily for me I'm a fan of both Science Fiction and detective thrillers. In Nanotech Murders the author has successfully combined these elements and I thought it a damn good read, a strong plot and good characters. Enough for me to lose a few hours sleep, I couldn't put it down. Great stuff.
Lee Gimenez (www.leegimenez.com) is the bestselling author of seven books and over fifty short stories. His latest novel, BLACKSNOW ZERO, was published by Double Dragon Press in Jan 2013. Four of his previous novels became ebook bestsellers. They are: THE NANOTECH MURDERS, DEATH ON ZANATH, VIRTUAL THOUGHTSTREAM, and AZUL 7. His novel TERRALUS 4 was produced into an Audiobook. THE TOMORROW SOLUTION is his collection of short stories.
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