“A highly topical yet deeply poignant examination of loss and grief, told with dark humour.”—The Daily Express
“A genuinely different take on the police procedural genre is hard to find, but Jo Callaghan has done it. DCS Kat Frank isn’t keen when she’s assigned an AI (Artificial Intelligence) as her partner as part of a pilot scheme, but she quickly finds their dynamic unearths fresh evidence in a case.”—Good Housekeeping
“Callaghan grounds her novel in real life, challenging her unusual team to investigate the unsolved disappearances of two students. The moral dilemmas created by artificial intelligence are brilliantly explored in this altogether very human novel.”—Sunday Times
“The ideas in this first novel are fascinating and Kat’s slow discovery of what the technology can offer is accompanied by a scientific assessment of so-called gut instinct. The revelation of the full villainy involved in the two men’s disappearance is intriguing, but it is Kat—her personality, her relationship with her young son and her experience of loss—that really lifts this novel.”—The Literary Review
“The kind of fresh and fearless debut I just adore. Wildly original, heartfelt, funny, and properly thrilling. Take a bow, Jo Callaghan”—Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark and We Begin at the End
“The most original crime novel you’ll read this year.”—Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go and A Game of Lies
“With well-drawn characters, believable emotions and an interesting premise, you can see this becoming a TV series.”—The Independent
“One of the most original and modern police procedurals you’ll read . . . The results are astounding.”—Belfast Telegraph
“Original and compelling.”—Fabulous
“Just brilliant!”—Lisa Jewell, author of None of This Is True
“Terrifyingly timely and provocative.”—Val McDermid, author of 1989
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