Read a rather raving review here by one of my Goodreads friends and decided that it should be added to this summer's crime fiction menu. I listened to it over 24 hours and lost some sleep in the process, I have to admit.

It's quite a good novel as crime fiction goes although the plot (again!!!) is a bit far-fetched. I'll never understand why crime fiction writers can't stick to ONE murder. Anyway, what sets this novel apart is the not-so-silent AI partner that the protagonist is unwillingly saddled with. She has a decent-sized grudge against the use of AI and it does rub her up the wrong way to begin with. But as it learns and as she learns how to utilise it, interesting things happen.

In this rather intelligent novel, you'll find a much-needed balanced but informed view of what AI is and how it can and cannot be used when dealing with real people's very real lives in the real world.

The audio version is well done even though I find the use of "telephone voices" a bit OTT.