Body Of Lies by Jo Callaghan

Body of Lies by Jo Callaghan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Time taken to read - 4 days

Pages - 448

Publisher -

Source - Bought

Blurb from Goodreads

The brand-new thriller featuring DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye .

Human suspicion. AI manipulation.
Who can you trust when truth has no meaning?

DCS Kat Frank returns to work at the Future Policing Unit after a tragic loss, only to find herself thrust into a new high-profile case. On the night of Halloween a local MP is found murdered, with a taunting message written in binary code that seems to target Kat Catch me if you can.

The victim’s anti-AI sentiments suggest a political motive, and as Kat investigates with her partner AIDE Lock – the world’s first AI detective – she finds herself once again battling her own prejudices about the technological future he represents. But when a cyberattack takes out the National Grid, Kat and Lock have to race against the clock to track down the hacker before thousands die.

Tangled in a web of suspicion and deception, Kat must choose who and what to believe when the truth seems to defy both instinct and logic.

Can she set aside her old doubts and put her faith in her AI partner one last time?
Or will this case send Lock down a path she just can’t follow – a path that will leave humanity behind for good?


My Review

Book four and the final book in the series, I am gutted, I wanted more! I often say you can pick up a book and just start reading but I would say to go and read the previous ones so you get the full story/impact/connection. I think from the previous book I was kinda looking a bit side eye at Lock, this book I was a bit all over the place.

A politician is found dead, publicly posed, well known for being against AI and keep in mind Kat has come around a fair bit to Lock but still has issues and reserves about AI. When a cyber attack hits and those in charge are held to ransom, realising just how heavily reliable we have become on technology and AI. Lives, thousands of innocent lives hang in the balance but the powers that be do not ever negotiate with terrorists do they?

This one had me suspicious and as Kat got more suspicious so did I but then I am totally murder she wrote with most crime fiction and side eye everyone lol. This one has threat to life especially featuring young/vulnerable in society, investigation of the murder of a outspoken MP plus the clock counting down quick to a shocking threat if demands aren't met. Gutted this is the last book but think the author done well to keep us interested for the four books and question AI use, grief, love, friendship, integrity, police work and family!

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