Showing results by author "Adam Roberts" in Crime Fiction

Railway Baron Sir Martin Malprelate has been laying waste to the warren of Camden; buying up houses and clearing streets for his new railway line linking King’s Cross with the prosperous town of Middlemarch. He stands to make his fortune ever more vast and to earn the loathing of all who attempt to stand up to him. Little wonder, then, that he meets a violent end on a foggy street after walking out of a particularly bitter meeting with outraged residents facing eviction. But the cause of his death causes more wonder.

Alma is a private detective in a near-future England, a country desperately trying to tempt people away from the delights of Shine, the immersive successor to the Internet. But most people are happy to spend their lives plugged in, and the country is decaying. Alma's partner is ill and has to be treated without fail every four hours, a task that only Alma can do. If she misses the five-minute window, her lover will die.

Alle deine Straßen enden hier... Vor drei Monaten fuhr Cambry siebzig Meilen zu einer abgelegenen Brücke und stürzte sich in den Tod. Das behauptet zumindest der Polizist, der sie gefunden hat. Cambrys Zwillingsschwester Lena hat da ihre Zweifel. Was verschweigt der Beamte? Soll es tatsächlich nur Zufall sein, dass er Cambry noch kurz vor ihrem Tod angehalten hat? Mit dem Auto ihrer toten Schwester macht sich Lena auf den Weg zur Brücke, um die Wahrheit herauszufinden. Die Reise wird für sie zum Kampf um ihr eigenes Überleben.