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"In 2046, the contaminated vaccine left humanity altered in ways no one fully understands, and something hidden in the shadows is beginning to make itself very violently known."

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"An eccentric developer, a robot accused of murder, a geeky robotics student, a government spy, and some very determined Russian thugs."

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Lying and Dying (Josef Slonsky Investigations #1)
Lying and Dying (Josef Slonsky Investigations #1)
Graham Brack | 2018 | Crime, Mystery
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Prague police procedural
Josef Slonsky is a detective in the Prague police force. He is called to the body of a woman who is discovered at the train station, murdered. His partner, Navratil, is a probationary officer, and seems a little bewildered by Slonsky's methods. To be fair, he has every right to be. Slonsky is irreverent, seems to be incredibly lazy, and therefore does as little as possible. But I think this is all very misleading. Underneath all this is a man who knows exactly what he is doing. He has served on the police force whilst Prague was the capital city in a communist country, and knows all about the systemic corruption.
He's an amusing character though, and seems to have a (usually sarcastic) answer to everything. It's not until the near the end that we see another side to Slonsky. I still can't make up my mind as to whether the ending was rushed, or whether Slonsky really had just had enough. I hope it's the latter - it gives him a bit of an edge.
I enjoyed this book, and I will be reading the next one.
Many thanks to Sapere books for my copy to read and honestly review.