Body of Lies

<b>The brand-new thriller featuring DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock from the award-winning and </b><i> <b>Sunday Times</b> </i><b> bestselling author of </b><i> <b>In the Blink of an Eye</b> </i>.<br /><br /><b>Human suspicion. AI manipulation.</b><br /><b>Who can you trust when truth has no meaning?</b> <br /><br />DCS Kat Frank returns to work at the Future Policing Unit after a tragic loss, only to find herself thrust into a new high-profile case. On the night of Halloween a local MP is found murdered, with a taunting message written in binary code that seems to target Kat <i>Catch me if you can</i>.<br /><br />The victim’s anti-AI sentiments suggest a political motive, and as Kat investigates with her partner AIDE Lock – the world’s first AI detective – she finds herself once again battling her own prejudices about the technological future he represents. But when a cyberattack takes out the National Grid, Kat and Lock have to race against the clock to track down the hacker before thousands die.<br /><br />Tangled in a web of suspicion and deception, Kat must choose who and what to believe when the truth seems to defy both instinct and logic.<br /><br /><b>Can she set aside her old doubts and put her faith in her AI partner one last time?</b><br /><b>Or will this case send Lock down a path she just can’t follow – a path that will leave humanity behind for good?</b><br /><br /><b>PRAISE FOR JO </b><br /><br />'Terrifyingly timely and provocative' <b>VAL McDERMID</b><br />'The most original crime novel you'll read this year' <b>CLARE MACKINTOSH</b><br />'Just brilliant!'<b> LISA JEWELL</b><br />'Sharp, perceptive writing and a brilliant new take on the detective duo'<b> T. M. LOGAN</b><br />'Everything you could hope for in a heartbreaking, intelligent, deftly plotted and so original'<b> FIONA CUMMINS</b><br />'A fresh take on the buddy-buddy cop trope . . . Provocative and compelling'<b> VASEEM KHAN</b><br />'Wildly original, heartfelt, funny, and properly thrilling. Take a bow, Jo Callaghan'<b> CHRIS WHITAKER</b>