A Philosophical Investigation
A powerful, thought-provoking thriller set in London in 2013 with a difference that takes the reader on a terrifying journey into the head of a serial killer and to the heart of murder itself. Kerr has produced an unusual work of suspense which puts him at the front ranks in the genre. Movie...
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A powerful, thought-provoking thriller set in London in 2013 with a difference that takes the reader on a terrifying journey into the head of a serial killer and to the heart of murder itself. Kerr has produced an unusual work of suspense which puts him at the front ranks in the genre. Movie rights optioned by Paramount Pictures.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780452271401 (0452271401)
Publish date: March 1st 2010
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 329
Edition language: English
Philip Kerr wrote this thriller in 1992 and has staged a futuristic vision to his most original idea. He has mixed cyber punkish techno language with a serial killer detective mystery and added strong philosophical, psychological and sociological terms for depth. One could say in those years this co...
The problem for any author who writes about the future is attaching a date to that vision. 1984, 2001, etc. Here we are in 2014 and witness that the future is much more prosaic than the book or movie. The same is true here. The year is 2013. Chief Inspector “Jake” Jacowicz has been assigned to inve...