S.T.E.P.

by Chan Ho-Kei, 陳浩基, 寵物先生

人們的下一步，
將是烏托邦般的零犯罪世界，
彷彿一切都按劇本進行，
但那些劇本，卻沒有一篇不是血腥收場的……

不遠的未來，人們所有的一舉一動都將無所遁形！各國政府透過「大數據」監控人民，並將監控所得進行電腦評估，應用於犯罪量刑上，但日本政府完美的「零失誤」，卻因為黑道分子近藤充出獄後捲入毒品糾紛身亡而被打破了！

保護局官員新島亮子受命調查，她找上了以「五日破案」聞名、作風古怪的私家偵探費美古一起合作。他們逐步清查相關線索，而隨著近藤的身世浮上檯面，幕後黑手的動機也漸漸明朗，但當他們逼近真相的同時，殺機卻驟然掩至。究竟在前方等待他們的，會是破案的曙光，還是一條更詭譎難測的險路？……

兩大得獎名家四手聯彈，四個故事在虛虛實實、真假莫辨之間，又巧妙串連成一氣呵成的完整長篇。全書不但擁有宏大的世界觀，更是融合科幻、推理、犯罪、人性的極致混血！精密完美的架構、影像感強烈的文字，以及浪速狂飆的情節，保證讓你大開眼界！

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Detective

336 pages, Paperback

First published March 9, 2015

About the author

Chan Ho-Kei 陳浩基 was born and raised in Hong Kong. He has worked as software engineer, scriptwriter, game designer and editor of comic magazines. His writing career started in 2008 at the age of thirty-three, with the short story ‘The Case of Jack and the Beanstalk,’ which was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of Taiwan Award. He went on to win the award again the following year with ‘The Locked Room of Bluebeard.’

In 2011, Chan’s first novel, THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD, won the biggest mystery prize in the Chinese-speaking world, the Soji Shimada Mystery Award, and has subsequently been published in Taiwan (Crown), China (New Star), Japan (Bungeishunju), Thailand (Nanmee) and Italy (Metropoli d’Asia).

Reviews

[Dominic Chan · Rating 5 out of 5]

從書名無法知道這是一部怎樣的小說，S=Sabotage(An US Criminal AI System), T=T&E (一間日本偵探事務所), E=E Plotinus Unum (Out of many, One), P=Process Synchronization!
如果是英文小說，讀者一定多好多。

[Hailong Hao · Rating 4 out of 5]

算是一部内容为主旨服务的小说，从这个角度来看值四颗星。

[Joseph Chung · Rating 4 out of 5]

玩接龍故事可以玩出什麼花樣？陳浩基和寵物先生給了一個不完美、但值得肯定的嘗試。兩位作家風格迴異，但說故事能力甚高，當中複雜之處，在他們有條不紊的敍事下，變得清晰易懂。四個短篇合成的長篇好看，不是沒有犯駁的地方（例如犯人的自白是否來得有點兒戲），但整體串連出來的故事完整，帶出的反思訊息明確。是值得捧場之作。

[Ting · Rating 4 out of 5]

以少数派报告为灵感

[QvQ]

Not nearly as fun as Psycho-Pass or Minority Report.

[C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

儘管自詡是浩基哥和犯罪推理小說鐵粉，這本讀來還是頗吃力。
有電腦科學、有AI，只能說，是很高級的作品啊（兩眼無神）。

[V · Rating 2 out of 5]

I so wanted to like this book as Ho Kei Chan was one of the authors. After reading quarter of the book, I knew I would have problem finishing it. The two story lines between US and Japan are not strong enough. It feels like there's a missing link. Which made you wonder whether it is a good idea to have this joint project. I sincerely hope that Chan's next book will be back to the 1367 standard!