Review: SF/Tech/Paranormal Crime Thriller
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2013
Milo James Fowler serves up an original detective story and stakes a claim as a major player in an exciting new noir genre - the SF/tech/paranormal crime thriller. I'm not kidding. This niche is hard to categorize but it works perfectly as this short novel contains all the requisite elements of a hardboiled drama fused with near future technology and suprahuman elements.Immaterial Evidence represents some of Fowler's best writing and storytelling to date. The gumshoe hero is witty but self-restrained; the villain is villainous without being over the top; the conspiracy is just beginning to heat up (a sequel is in the works); and the 'mandroid' sidekick is, well, a kick. Humorous without being self-mocking, this tale is fast-paced, complex but readable, and clean enough for all audiences. Serious fun.