Singularity

by Professor of New Testament School of Theology Christopher Bryan

Christopher Bryan's third fantasy-mystery novel continues the investigations of Detective Inspector Cecilia Cavaliere. Now married, Cecilia and Anglican priest Michael Aarons are living in a Victorian rectory on the outskirts of Exeter, together with their precocious 3-year-old daughter, a dog, two cats, and the occasional wasp. In nearby Edgestow the huge new United Nations Institute for Technological Experimentation and Development (U.N.I.T.E.D.) is being set up, and Cecilia is called on to take temporary charge of police operations in the area. When it appears that there is a link between U.N.I.T.E.D. and the deaths of illegal immigrants, Cecilia and her colleague DS Verity Jones must visit the U.N.I.T.E.D. complex to make inquiries. On their arrival events soon get out of control. They find themselves involved in a violent and dangerous computer game, based on Cecilia's family history and devised for his own benefit by an egomaniac who feels called on to live beyond morality and for ever. "... another well-written, enjoyable mystery." - Kirkus Reviews

260 pages, Paperback

First published May 17, 2015

Reviews

[Daniel Weir · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hubris

Christopher Bryan has crafted an engaging story in what I hope will be a long series of stories about the "Italian lady policeman" and her husband who is a vicar. As in the earlier books about Cecilia and Michael there is an element of the supernatural in this story, but it is the very natural relationships that are the heart of the story. Here hubris leads to violence and disaster, but in the end, for some at least, to humility and forgiveness.