Leave No Trace

Author/Guide: Jo Callaghan

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2024: The second in the series with AIDE Lock – the world’s first AI Detective

ISBN: 978-1398511200
Genre: Crime, Police Procedural

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What you need to know before your trail

When the body of a man is found crucified at the top of Mount Judd, AIDE Lock – the world’s first AI Detective – and DCS Kat Frank are thrust into the spotlight as they are given their first live case.

But with the discovery of another man’s body – also crucified – it appears that their killer is only just getting started. With the police warning local men to be vigilant, the Future Policing Unit is thrust into a hostile media frenzy as they desperately search for connections between the victims. But time is running out for them to join the dots and prevent another death.

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England - Warwickshire
A: Leek Wootton - Post office
B: Leek Wootton - Warwickshire Police Headquarters
C: Nuneaton - Mount Judd
D: Gaveston - Gaveston monument 1

Travel Guide

Warwickshire – Mount Judd

Mount Judd (also known colloquially as The Nuneaton Nipple) is a man made hill and landmark in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. It is the former spoil tip of the Judkins Quarry, which extracted granite in the area. Imagine finding a body here? Well, that’s what happens in this book!

Nearby – a real murder:

The monument Gaveston’s Cross is in the wood on the hill. It marks the point where Piers Gaveston ( an English nobleman of Gascon origin, and the favourite of Edward II of England) was murdered.

Booktrailer Review

A cracking thriller this one. Very relevant too – AI, the Metoo movement but for men this time! It’s very unique to read about a serial killer targeting men and then men being warned to be careful. The author writes this into the novel – the fact that whenever anything happens and women are targeted, women are told to change their behaviour. This time men are….Interesting. Very well written!

There’s a lot of personal touches to this novel – grief, moving on and trying to live with and without someone at the same time. All of this and there’s a cracking crime investigation to be getting on with. Just when you think the applause is going to start as the novel draws to a very satisfying close….there’s an encore you will never forget! haha

I would love to see this on the telly – proving AI can be good and how it can change the world for the better. For now it’s having quite an effect in crime fiction!