ConunDrum 1: Quantum Deception

by Jeff Pratt

ConunDrum 1: Quantum Deception. Finn collects puzzles and conundrums the way other people collect coins or butterflies. He also seems to collect a lot of problems. Drum is a no-nonsense action man. He fixes problems for a living. Together they form an unlikely partnership determined to right some of life’s wrongs. In book 1 of the series, Finn faces the cold reality of a Pembrokeshire winter in his campervan, short on money and bereft of work, as he pursues his dream of being the next Dan Brown or Lee Child through his fictional hero, Drum. In Drum’s first adventure, he becomes involved in the death of a quantum computer scientist, with suspicion falling upon the scientist's wife, his employer, and rival quantum scientists. Drum has to suppress his own problems and weave a path through all the lies and deceptions. Then he must solve the ‘Quantum Conundrum’: where has the scientist hidden his quantum invention, a device potentially worth billions, and devastatingly disruptive if it were to fall into the wrong hands. After escaping a kidnap and a murder attempt, Drum takes the fight to the enemy, whoever they may be, and with his unique set of skills he seeks to flush out the guilty party and exact raw justice. But even as Drum puts the fictional world to rights, Finn must face his own more domestic demons and try to garner some of Drum’s grit and courage.

287 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 7, 2019