The Real-Town Murders

Zusatztext An antic collision of Agatha Christie and British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror... Smart! deliciously witty and immensely engaging! it is Roberts at his playful best. Informationen zum Autor Adam Roberts is commonly described as one of the UK's most important writers of SF. He is the author of numerous novels and literary parodies. He is Professor of 19th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, London University and has written a number of critical works on both SF and 19th Century poetry. He is a contributor to the SF ENCYCLOPEDIA. Klappentext Alma is a private detective in a near-future England, a country desperately trying to tempt people away from the delights of Shine, the immersive successor to the internet. But most people are happy to spend their lives plugged in, and the country is decaying. Alma's partner is ill, and has to be treated without fail every 4 hours, a task that only Alma can do. If she misses the 5 minute window her lover will die. She is one of the few not to access the Shine. So when Alma is called to an automated car factory to be shown an impossible death and finds herself caught up in a political coup, she knows that getting too deep may leave her unable to get home. Zusammenfassung An impossible murder. A ticking deadline. A political coup. A Hitchcockian thriller set in a chilling near future.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Roberts
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781473221468
• ISBN: 978-1-4732-2146-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 200 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy > Science fiction; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / Dystopian, FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, FICTION / Science Fiction / Cyberpunk