Inspector Giskard

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eBook

Published by Henderson Infinity Press.

ASIN:
B0C54LWMKF
5 stars (1 review)

When a suburban mom is murdered in her home and her two teenage daughters kidnapped, Inspector Giskard is called in to figure out what happened and find the girls. Set in the near future, some aspects of the world have changed, but the nuts and bolts of police work are still the same. Faced with limited time and resources, Giskard races against the clock to save the daughters and find the killer, following lead after lead, and getting help from unique allies in the police force.

Are the girls alive?

Can he find them in time?

Who did this?

1 edition

reviewed Inspector Giskard by Jim Henderson

Quirky Robot Action

5 stars

Joe Friday has nothing on Inspector Giskard. Dry as dust. Just the fax, ma'am. Networking takes on a whole new dimension as the MC takes on a murder/kidnapping case and sees it through to the absolute end. No shortcuts allowed. Humans need to be mollified but justice must be served.

Not gonna lie. I loved it. Very low key - like an old Dragnet episode - but without all the preachy goo.

Giskard (perhaps a nod to Asimov's R. Giskard Reventlov) spins out the tale deftly, keeping me interested in the details of robot-detective work as he interfaces with humans across a wide spectrum of the species.

Kudos to Jim Henderson for making his robots seem more interesting - and more human - than the actual humans.

Highly recommended.