In the Blink of An Eye by Jo Callaghan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
AI to the rescue?
DCS Kat Frank is ready to rejoin the world after grieving the loss of her husband to lung cancer. She is still concerned about her heartbroken son, Cam, but she needs to get back to work and find a new normal.
To her horror, Kat is assigned to supervise a pilot AI experiment, using a hologram humanoid device named Lock. Lock is capable of reading and reviewing reams of complex data in mere minutes, but he has no feelings and – as Kat points out – can’t experience intuition or hunches.
Everyone on the force feels threatened. Kat Frank is irritated by the whole project. How can a computer, lacking feelings with which to interpret the nuances of various witnesses’ testimony and body language, be a valid replacement for a seasoned inspector?
Everyone had their own hidden agenda in this experiment. I applauded the character growth toward the end of this long, twisted investigation into the disappearance of two young men.
That shocking ending was perfectly executed – I was at the edge of my seat the entire time. Good job! All in all, this was a highly enjoyable read and the author certainly did her homework and seemed very comfortable with statistical analysis.
I’m rating this a 4.4 out of 5 stars, rolled back to a 4 because the final “summing up” chapter took the sizzle out of the shocking “big reveal” that preceded it. I guess I wanted this to end on a “big bang” but since this is part of a new series, I suppose it fulfilled an important function. Highly recommended.
My thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
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