What is it like to live in a world where causing emotional pain is banned? Frank Mordant knows better than he is a Mind detective, investigating the most horrific emotional abuses and psychological trauma in London. Even Mordant is shaken by the murder of Ophelia Rashwood, a woman whose emotions have taken the most sustained battering he has ever seen.As he unravels the case, Mordant is drawn into a virtual world where citizens try to seek out the experiences now prohibited by law. As he delves deeper, his own prejudices are challenged and the foundations of his life - both personal and professional – begin to crumble.For Frank Mordant, life will never be the same again.Mind Games is a 13,000 word novelette-length detective thriller that explores the relationship between emotions and our humanity.