A man is found crucified. Kat Frank convinces her boss to let her team including an AI to take on the investigation…
Leave No Trace is the second book to feature DCS Kat Frank and her AI entity Lock. I absolutely LOVED the first book (In The Blink of an Eye) so this one had a lot to live up to!
Following on from multiple successes, Kat Frank is keen to take on a live case. The discovery of a crucified man is the opportunity she has been looking for, but also a huge responsibility. Lock has many positive attributes but lacks the nuances that define human perspective.
I loved being reunited with Kat and Lock. Poor Kat is a little lonely. A widow, her son has now departed for university so her job takes precedence. She is still a little sceptical about the use of AI but acknowledges the benefits in certain circumstances. Meanwhile Lock struggles to balance its programming against direct orders which contradict it.
I enjoyed the style of writing with a mix of chronological accounts of the police investigation, transcripts of police interviews, and a few chapters from the perspective of the killer. The beginning of the book was a little slow paced but by the end I literally couldn’t put it down, reading faster and faster as the chapters shortened to highlight the fast paced plot developments.
Leave No Trace is an engaging crime thriller in a totally unique series.
Book blurb
From the bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye comes a gripping thriller that pits algorithms versus experience, logic versus instinct, and one undetectable killer versus two extraordinary detectives.
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 30 and 40 years old:
• Avoid drinking in pubs
• If you must go 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.
