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The Murder Machine

A Novel

by Heather Graham
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Artificial intelligence meets genuine murderous intent.
This state-of-the-art smart home has everything: a next-generation entertainment system, an ultramodern kitchen where every appliance is online and even a personal AI to control it all. Standing above its owner's lifeless body, FBI agent Jude Mackenzie is faced with the daunting task of discovering how the woman was killed by her own home. How do you catch a murderer that doesn't leave any fingerprints?
Enter Special Agent Victoria Tennant, whose familiarity with cybercrime reveals the stark truth: a machine can only do what it's been directed to. As the number of grisly "accidents" begins to rise, the pair must race to uncover the perpetrator even as they find themselves caught in their digital crosshairs! There's nowhere to hide when danger may be as close as the very phones in their pockets.

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    April 29, 2025

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      • ISBN: 9780369762078

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      • ISBN: 9780369762078
      • File size: 2197 KB

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      November 1, 2024

      Bestselling Graham gets a 75K-copy first printing for this new thriller featuring FBI agents Jude Mackenzie and Victoria Tennant. Their case features a would-be-murderous smart house and personal AI. However, as Victoria notes, machines can only do what someone programs them to do. Prepub Alert.

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      February 7, 2025
      Veteran author Graham (A Murderer Among Us, 2024) takes on a very modern topic in this police-procedural thriller. The story begins when a law firm receptionist in St. Augustine, Florida, is killed after the artificial intelligence controlling the smart devices in her home goes haywire. Pair that with two suspicious vehicular crashes, and law enforcement wonders: is it a simple computer glitch or a targeted hack? Hyper-competent FBI agents Jude and Vicky are called in to find out. Both are young, attractive, and at the top of their game, and sparks inevitably fly between them. Some of the deductive leaps seem a little far-fetched, but the two are thorough, investigating the law firm and journeying into the territory of criminals and, with the help of some computer coding experts, the dark web. Despite the contemporary premise, some interesting Floridian history is also covered. The writing is a little clunky, but readers who like a breakneck-paced plot above all else will find it to be an enjoyable ride.

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