{"title":"Jo Callaghan","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"in-the-blink-of-an-eye","title":"In the Blink of an Eye","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'THE MOST ORIGINAL CRIME NOVEL YOU'LL READ THIS YEAR' CLARE MACKINTOSH \u003cbr\u003eTHIS HAS TO BE A STRONG CONTENDER FOR CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR T. M. LOGAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds.\u003cbr\u003eJust gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts. Picked to lead a pilot programme that has her paired with AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detective Entity) Lock, Kat's instincts come up against Lock's logic. But when the two missing person's cold cases they are reviewing suddenly become active, Lock is the only one who can help Kat when the case gets personal. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAI versus human experience. \u003cbr\u003eLogic versus instinct.\u003cbr\u003eWith lives on the line can the pair work together before someone else becomes another statistic? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Blink of an Eye\u003c\/em\u003e is a dazzling debut from an exciting new voice and asks us what we think it means to be human. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis has to be a strong contender for crime debut of the year  sharp, perceptive writing and a brilliant new take on the detective duo \u003cstrong\u003eT. M. LOGAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA fresh and intriguing detective double act  I fell hard for all-too-human Kat and her AI colleague Lock . . . a riveting cold case mystery told with compassion and verve \u003cstrong\u003eLOUISE CANDLISH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything you could hope for in a thriller: heartbreaking, intelligent, deftly plotted and so original \u003cstrong\u003eFIONA CUMMINS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJo Callaghan makes her entry into the crowded police procedural genre with a fresh take on the buddy-buddy cop trope. \u003cem\u003eIn the Blink of an Eye \u003c\/em\u003epredicts the near future when police officers and their AI counterparts will work hand-in-holographic-hand. The human-AI interactions between the lead protagonists as they pursue their quarry are illuminating and, at times, hilarious. Provocative and compelling. A TV series seems a certainty \u003cstrong\u003eVASEEM KHAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cem\u003eIn the Blink of an Eye\u003c\/em\u003e is fresh, innovative and very very clever. Flawlessly paced, plotted and researched, its laugh out loud, heart-achingly sad and doesnt have a dull moment. I raced through it. Simply sensational' \u003cstrong\u003eM. W. CRAVEN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe kind of fresh and fearless debut I just adore. Wildly original, heartfelt, funny, and properly thrilling. Take a bow, Jo Callaghan' \u003cstrong\u003eCHRIS WHITAKER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI started reading this morning and ten hours later Ive finished it! Its so, SO good  really properly compelling, impossible to put down  I was desperate for the solution to the mystery  but so human and moving and massively thought-provoking on what makes us human \u003cstrong\u003eLAURA MARSHALL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A standout debut with a unique and thrilling take on the detective novel. Engaging, exciting and superbly readable. I loved it' \u003cstrong\u003eSARAH HILARY \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Blink of An Eye\u003c\/em\u003e captured me from the first page and kept me enthralled until the last. Jo Callaghan shakes up the police procedural with a truly original premise that is both compelling and filled with heart. Highly recommended \u003cstrong\u003eOLIVIA KIERNAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompletely different and utterly brilliant \u003cstrong\u003eAMANDA REYNOLDS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264073384230,"sku":"in-the-blink-of-an-eye","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/70d90fe0-98ff-4b7d-8f61-016152ae33be.jpg?v=1701091974"},{"product_id":"human-remains","title":"Human Remains","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003en the Blink of an Eye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestseller, winner of the CWA ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock are back in a cutting-edge new thriller.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe truth will always come out, but at what cost? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFresh from successfully closing their first live case, the Future Policing Unit are called in to investigate when a headless, handless body is found on a Warwickshire farm. But as they work to identify the victim and their killer, the discovery of a second body begins to spark fears that The Aston Strangler is back. And as the stakes rise for the team, so do the tensions brewing within it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen DCS Kat Frank is accused of putting the wrong man behind bars all those years ago, AIDE Lock – the world's first AI Detective – pursues the truth about what happened with relentless logic. 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