Review: An excellent, well-written mystery!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
The London Project by Mark Maxwell is an excellent book!  It very effectively blended a murder mystery with science fiction.Louisa, a detective sergeant assigned to solve the murder of a teenage girl, gets tangled in a conspiracy that leads to the powerful Portal Corporation, the corporation responsible to the leap in computer technology from which only the people of London benefit.  She is forced to deal with the stress of a remarried ex-husband, several attempts on her life, both a professional and a family tragedy, and the possibility of corruption in the police force.  There is a little social commentary about the benefits and downsides of technology.I liked that the author made Louisa softer than the stereotypical, hard-nosed cop.  It made her a more likable and sympathetic character.I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes a good murder mystery.  The science fiction aspect of this book is minimal, in case you do not like sci-fi.  (There is only a slightly more advanced computer system, the dreaded “Big Brother.”)