Leave No Trace
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.
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Kat and Lock is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2023 with contributions by Jo Callaghan and Jo Callaghan.
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Leave No Trace by Jo Callaghan is book number two in the Kat and Lock police procedural series but can be read as a standalone.
Having heard great things about In The Blink of an Eye I knew I needed to see what all the hype was about. I binge read both novels back-to-back. I was hooked. What a unique concept: an AI working with a team of detectives to solve a series of crimes. I love the tagine: One detective driven by instinct, the other by logic. It will take both to find a killer who knows the true meaning of fear . . .
In Leave No Trace, a body is found crucified at the top of Mount Judd. Having worked well in a previous cold case, DCS Kat Frank and her team, including AIDE Lock are given their first live case. However, with a media frenzy around the use of AI to help solve a murder case, Kat is put under even more pressure to find the perpetrator. And then another body is found, also crucified. It seems that the killer is just getting started. Time is running out for them to join the dots, so they must combine their human instinct and algorithms to catch the killer before they strike again.
This book had a lovely balance of a police procedural with characters at the core. As the book unfolds, the characters are developed further, and you get to see a softer, more vulnerable side to all of the team members. Issues such as loneliness, loss, and friendship are explored. AIDE Lock appears as a hologram, which reminded me of the TV show Quantum Leap. I loved how he attempts to develop human characteristics in order to improve his own detective skills.
Both books in the series have an interesting, unpredictable storyline. Leave No Trace had more gore and gruesome crime scenes. A fantastic read.
