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Proximity: If the police always know where I am... How do I kill you?
'Ingenious ' Claire McGowan ‘Very topical, terrifying' Stav Sherez ‘Darkly twisted… fantastically imaginative and gripping’ Angela Clarke' Compelling, relevant and chilling. Is this where we're heading?’ Abi Silver Leading the trend in speculative crime thrillers, Jem Tugwell’s thrilling and thought-provoking debut sits alongside Black Mirror and The City and the City in a compelling exploration of our near future. Proximity draws on Jem’s 20 years of professional experience as a software developer in the city to give an unnerving insight into how our world might be transformed by the rapid advance in embedded technology and fitness trackers. What if the cash-strapped NHS can be given a second life by using tech to regulate our health and behaviour? What if we can eradicate knife and other proximity crimes by tracking everyone’s activity? What if civil liberty is seen as an acceptable sacrifice for the greater good? What if the convenience of technology is used for control? “Proximity is inspired by the fascinating possibilities of technology, AI and the law of unintended consequences. From my own experience, technologists are often amazed or horrified about the other uses that people imagine for their products. Clive and Zoe’s world might be closer than we think, but is it heaven or hell? How do we decide the perfect balance of free will and greater good?” – Jem Tugwell DI Clive Lussac has forgotten how to do his job. Ten years of embedded technology – ‘iMe’ – has led to complete control and the eradication of crime. Then the impossible happens. A body is found, and the killer is untraceable. With new partner Zoe Jordan, Clive must re-sharpen his detective skills and find the killer without technology, before time runs out for the next victim…
352 pages, Paperback
Published June 6, 2019
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Jem Tugwell
7 books40 followersJem Tugwell is a crime fiction author with a Crime Writing MA from City University. In a past life, Jem had a successful career in IT and investment management. He lives in Surrey with his wife and has two great children. Outside of his family and writing, Jem's loves are snowboarding, old cars and bikes.
Jem is inspired by the law of unintended consequences, the fascinating possibilities of technology and all the things that might happen.
Jem’s books include:
DISHONOURED - In this psychological thriller, Dan’s world is pulled from under him in a single moment - now he has to fight for family.
iMe Series – near future detective crime thrillers:
PROXIMITY (Book 1) – When years of embedded technology have eradicated crime, DI Clive Lussac finally has a case to challenge him.
NO SIGNAL (Book 2) – Clive and Zoe are back on the trail of four gamers with a hidden agenda.
You can find out more about Jem and his books at www.jemtugwell.com, on Twitter @JemTugwell or Facebook JemTugwellAuthor
Jem is inspired by the law of unintended consequences, the fascinating possibilities of technology and all the things that might happen.
Jem’s books include:
DISHONOURED - In this psychological thriller, Dan’s world is pulled from under him in a single moment - now he has to fight for family.
iMe Series – near future detective crime thrillers:
PROXIMITY (Book 1) – When years of embedded technology have eradicated crime, DI Clive Lussac finally has a case to challenge him.
NO SIGNAL (Book 2) – Clive and Zoe are back on the trail of four gamers with a hidden agenda.
You can find out more about Jem and his books at www.jemtugwell.com, on Twitter @JemTugwell or Facebook JemTugwellAuthor
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December 2, 2019
An entertaining, yet thought-provoking police procedural set in the near future where society has given away their person freedoms in favor of being more secure and more healthy. Now the government has the ability to monitor where each person is, what they eat, how much they exercise, how fast they drive…. all through the iME – an implanted device on each person.
Thoughts:
With the change in society, policing changed dramatically. No longer did detectives have to interview suspects or seriously look over the crime scene. Instead, the cases became cut and dry to where you could instantly tell who did it when someone’s life signal went red. As a result, detectives were no longer as necessary and the Proximity Crime Unit (PCU) department where they look into crimes was gradually reduced to two: DI Clive Lussac – a man in the process of a divorce who still remembers what it was like to be a real detective and DC Zoe Jordan – someone from the younger generation who has really only known the iME and is only in PCU on a three month mandatory rotation. So when Karina Morgan is reported missing by her boyfriend no one believes that it is actually a real case. It’s a glitch or a defect, because no one is really missing – ever. However, slowly the team begins to realize this is a serious situation, especially when another goes missing too. Unfortunately even DI Clive Lussac, who used to detective the old-fashioned way is a bit lost and out of practice and it takes a while for the PCU team to get how this process of ‘detectiving’ even works.
Proximity alternates between three POVs – DI Clive Lussac, DC Zoe Jordan and the killer’s chapters, which are called “Thief.” Between Clive and Zoe we get to see the differences between the generations. Clive is old-school. Wants to eat what he wants, drink when he wants, and grows frustrated with all the monitoring done on how he lives his life. He also still remembers how the department used to work before the iME. Zoe, on the other hand, is completely invested into the iME and never is even close to going past her allotment of Freedom Units. But, she’s pretty quick in learning how to adapt to a new style of police work once the two realize they actually have to investigate. Still, it has been a long time since actual police work was done and both Clive and Zoe have a lot of learning (or remembering) the correct way to do things. But even when they remember the correct way, they still have to learn to work within this new system. The Thief chapters are where we see what is occurring from the killer’s point of view. They can be a bit graphic at times, so those who are squeamish may want to speed read, or skip certain parts. These chapters are generally very short.
As mentioned earlier, the story is not only entertaining, but thought-provoking. None more so than the general question of how much freedom are you willing to give up for security or better health or for general safe practices? The government now has the ability to monitor each person for a wide range of activities because humans just can’t be trusted to do make correct choices for themselves. But in doing so, it also specifically limits their non-healthy choices and literally won’t let you make poor choices. Need to eat a gallon of chocolate ice cream after breaking up with your boyfriend? Nope – not if you’ve exceeded your approved intake. One of my favorite scenes in the book is when Clive goes to the vending machine for a candy bar. It won’t let him have one because he is over his limit and Clive ends up having “words” with the vending machine. You might think that’s the end of it, but nope – the vending machine takes offense and isn’t happy with Clive’s anger and reports on him because of it.
Overall, I enjoyed how technology and iME played an integral part in the story. Being a techno thriller it definitely plays a major role as you might expect, but it is really an interesting setup since technology in this story dictates the constraints and limitations the characters are under. Throughout the story you can clearly see Clive’s frustration with this new society, but he is not alone and during the story you get glimpses of how others have found ways to work around this system, which allows the author to nicely set this up as a series. I also found this a fairly easy read, which you don’t necessarily always find in a techno thriller. The technology setup is one someone can easily understand, especially since it is set in the near-future and things or apps we use today are mentioned and brings to light questions and issues we face today regarding security and personal freedom and privacy. The characters were interesting and I really enjoyed Clive’s frustration and complaints about everything and Zoe’s contrasting opinions and outlook.
Rating: 5 stars
Thoughts:
With the change in society, policing changed dramatically. No longer did detectives have to interview suspects or seriously look over the crime scene. Instead, the cases became cut and dry to where you could instantly tell who did it when someone’s life signal went red. As a result, detectives were no longer as necessary and the Proximity Crime Unit (PCU) department where they look into crimes was gradually reduced to two: DI Clive Lussac – a man in the process of a divorce who still remembers what it was like to be a real detective and DC Zoe Jordan – someone from the younger generation who has really only known the iME and is only in PCU on a three month mandatory rotation. So when Karina Morgan is reported missing by her boyfriend no one believes that it is actually a real case. It’s a glitch or a defect, because no one is really missing – ever. However, slowly the team begins to realize this is a serious situation, especially when another goes missing too. Unfortunately even DI Clive Lussac, who used to detective the old-fashioned way is a bit lost and out of practice and it takes a while for the PCU team to get how this process of ‘detectiving’ even works.
Proximity alternates between three POVs – DI Clive Lussac, DC Zoe Jordan and the killer’s chapters, which are called “Thief.” Between Clive and Zoe we get to see the differences between the generations. Clive is old-school. Wants to eat what he wants, drink when he wants, and grows frustrated with all the monitoring done on how he lives his life. He also still remembers how the department used to work before the iME. Zoe, on the other hand, is completely invested into the iME and never is even close to going past her allotment of Freedom Units. But, she’s pretty quick in learning how to adapt to a new style of police work once the two realize they actually have to investigate. Still, it has been a long time since actual police work was done and both Clive and Zoe have a lot of learning (or remembering) the correct way to do things. But even when they remember the correct way, they still have to learn to work within this new system. The Thief chapters are where we see what is occurring from the killer’s point of view. They can be a bit graphic at times, so those who are squeamish may want to speed read, or skip certain parts. These chapters are generally very short.
As mentioned earlier, the story is not only entertaining, but thought-provoking. None more so than the general question of how much freedom are you willing to give up for security or better health or for general safe practices? The government now has the ability to monitor each person for a wide range of activities because humans just can’t be trusted to do make correct choices for themselves. But in doing so, it also specifically limits their non-healthy choices and literally won’t let you make poor choices. Need to eat a gallon of chocolate ice cream after breaking up with your boyfriend? Nope – not if you’ve exceeded your approved intake. One of my favorite scenes in the book is when Clive goes to the vending machine for a candy bar. It won’t let him have one because he is over his limit and Clive ends up having “words” with the vending machine. You might think that’s the end of it, but nope – the vending machine takes offense and isn’t happy with Clive’s anger and reports on him because of it.
Overall, I enjoyed how technology and iME played an integral part in the story. Being a techno thriller it definitely plays a major role as you might expect, but it is really an interesting setup since technology in this story dictates the constraints and limitations the characters are under. Throughout the story you can clearly see Clive’s frustration with this new society, but he is not alone and during the story you get glimpses of how others have found ways to work around this system, which allows the author to nicely set this up as a series. I also found this a fairly easy read, which you don’t necessarily always find in a techno thriller. The technology setup is one someone can easily understand, especially since it is set in the near-future and things or apps we use today are mentioned and brings to light questions and issues we face today regarding security and personal freedom and privacy. The characters were interesting and I really enjoyed Clive’s frustration and complaints about everything and Zoe’s contrasting opinions and outlook.
Rating: 5 stars
June 1, 2019
I would like to thank Midas and Serpentine Books for inviting me to be part of the blog tour. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I was born in 1990. I am often told my generation sits on the gap between the old age and the new age, aka, life without everyday technology versus the slow but unavoidable invasion of technology in our lives. I remember playing outdoors, I remember settling in front of the telly to watch my anime because I wouldn’t be able to have it on replay. I remember spending weekend at my father without any way to reach my mom. Then I recall the day I got my first cell phone. The giant computer sitting on my desk. The bips of Internet before Wifi and the long minutes to get a connection. These days, I look at coffee machines estimating the exact amount of water they need according to the pod I put in to create the perfect beverage with an inquisitive eye. I don’t think I remember how to make coffee on my own. Isn’t this strange?
I sound like a granny. Okay, I feel old now. Really old. Just like Clive. Clive Lussac, who witnessed technology take over. Why deny the help computers and programmes can offer if it means being more efficient? Healthier? Safer? The UK slipped from technology being a tool for humans to humans swimming in a technology-regulated universe. It all started with good intentions, but like with many good things, if the dosage goes through the roof, the effects can be damaging.
Proximity hits hard and cold right to the heart of what could be our future, and this knowledge makes this book one of the scariest I have ever read. I don’t care for horror. Just give me a speculative novel shaping a future so realistic I don’t even need to close my eyes to imagine it, and I’m sold. Sold and freaked out. Jem Tugwell’s outstanding description of years to close to ours to my taste left me speechless. Yet, my head was buzzing with questions. How does it work? How can the law bend to allow such control over human beings? Is it worth it? What if by going too far, we erase what makes us ‘human’, only to turn us into living machines without a free will? Then I reacted to my own reactions! Did I really sound so old-fashioned? Would the help of every available technology really be that bad if it helped us live longer and avoid awful things like diabetes, murders, and what not? Would I take the step? Did I want to?
See, this read didn’t just bring me a thrilling time, it made me think twice about the things I knew, the things I wanted, and the things I deemed possible! I stopped to ponder. I weighed the pros and cons. I made it a full case, without ever losing track of the plot. This is the absolute sign of a stunning read!
With a mind stuck in its present and exploring a future that seemed gloomy, I let Proximity poke me, challenge me, and take me out of my comfort zone. And I relished the process! There was something exhilarating in the sense of familiarity brought by the author clashing with the unknown feeling of chips and computers knowing your bladder’s level and your exact location at every moment.
iMe knows everything about everyone in the UK. The Police Cyber department is where all the action is. DI Clive Lussac is a kind of dinosaur. Working at the Proximity Crime Unit, a closet for old ways, he is the one who brought technology to the police force, and he bitterly regrets it now. Clive is the Last Man Standing when it comes to old-school cops. DC Zoe Jordan, young copper fulfilling her compulsory time in Clive’s unit, is not very excited about the next three months she has to spend in an office with vacated desks and dust. The old, the new. Where Clive fights with a machine which refuses to give him what he wants, and offers a “healthier” option, Zoe doesn’t even think of going against what iMe tells her. iMe basically is the equivalent of a human Apple Finder/desk/all apps thingy. It controls what you eat, drink, it tells you when you’d better sleep, when you should workout. It opens your doors, it connects to the elevators to take you to the right floor. In a nutshell, it’s a creepy thing! The absolute version of a virtual stalker… Except it’s legal. In fact, it’s the norm! It crept into private lives before Clive Lussac himself got the amazing idea to use it to help the police make the streets safer. However, each coin has two faces, and now the policing work as he learned it has lost the battle. Everyone relies on technology to solve all issues.
Proximity is not a novel about technology building an empire to turn humans into slaves. No, Proximity is a relevant look at what we, people, can do with technology. It’s about who holds the power. It’s about us getting lazier. It’s about us. On some aspects, I was reminded of 1984. This is one of the best compliments I could give a book, as Orwell’s work is my favourite. Proximity only brushes the issue of the government controlling everything, but the claustrophobic feeling of iMe and the sense of life being shaped by someone else, the loss of free will, the constant surveillance, and let’s be honest, THE FACT YOU CAN’T EAT WHAT YOU WANT, really had me shivering with fear.
What do you do when a fully proofed system fails? That’s the one million question for Clive and young Zoe when a woman goes missing, as well as her signal. This first wave opens the door to a tsunami of questions about iMe, and inexorably, its very own existence. The thing is, when you’ve been relying on technology for ten years, how do you cop(e)? Yes, it’s a play on words with the noun cop, representing the police guy, turned into a verb, and the verb cope itself. Cos I’m clever and no programme would have come up with that one! See how important it is to choose your food yourself? keep your mind free?
Half the book sees our team struggle to make sense of data which doesn’t make sense. Zoe truly believes in the system and bets on an issue that can be resolved by IT guys. Clive’s instinct tells him to move his bottom and shake his memory until his detective cap loses all the mould it has gathered disappears. Can one guy fight the system, prove it wrong, and get ahead of a killer on its own?
With little clues and most doors closed, it takes a while before both police officers get a lead. In the meantime, the case grows and more bodies are at risk. Jem Tugwell created a giant tech-cake with thick layers ready to give the reader a good time, a compelling ride, and a clever race against a ‘thief’. His writing, combined with an outstandingly ingenious plot, make for an absolutely twisted sight of our future! From a slow-paced-standing-on-the-edge-of-a-dilemma countryside road to a what-the-hell-is-happening-things-just-turned-personal freeway lane, Proximity delivers on every level!
When the world staggers in its boots, we get the chance to know what Clive and Zoe are made of. You can plunge people into a virtually-led world, but you can’t take their basic instincts out of them. That’s what makes the difference between a piece of technology, and mankind.
Highly recommended!
September 16, 2025
Oh my god completely forgot about this oneeeee!! Was looking for the next read and was reminded of this book’s genre - a dystopian near-future techno-thriller/ murder mystery - epic🤘. Was recommended this by mum’s friend after rereading ‘The Circle’ for a third time (similar themes). Essentially set in a city where technology advancements make crime nearly impossible… but someone found a loop hole (dun dun dunnnn). Their implanted tech system is a little confusing at first but when it makes sense it’s honestly a fascinating concept about privacy and control and a great read ! A random one but really do recommend🤪
July 23, 2019
An excellent read. Being written in the first person gave the characters more meaning & enabled me as the reader to follow the storyline easier throughout the book. This is a book that has the reader in expectation, intrigue, & suspense throughout. Very hard book to put down after the first few chapters & the reader is into the storyline. As a person who likes to ‘think outside the square’ this book grabbed my interest very early on & I was able to hold that interest through to the final page.
Although this book is written in the future, who knows if what we read here won’t actually be the norm. 20-30 years ago a ‘Smart Phone’ would have seemed impossible. Look at where we are today, & how technology has progressed so rapidly. Another five or ten years we will be seeing things that seem impossible to us now. What will our children & grandchildren be seeing in the next 50 or 100 years from now. I’ll leave you to have your own personal thoughts about that one.
Although this book is written in the future, who knows if what we read here won’t actually be the norm. 20-30 years ago a ‘Smart Phone’ would have seemed impossible. Look at where we are today, & how technology has progressed so rapidly. Another five or ten years we will be seeing things that seem impossible to us now. What will our children & grandchildren be seeing in the next 50 or 100 years from now. I’ll leave you to have your own personal thoughts about that one.
May 29, 2019
Policing under difficult circumstances.
Thief: “For the first time in ten years, the real me walked free. I savoured every beat of excitement that pulsed through me. All those failures, but now it was working…….. They couldn’t see me, and what was left of the police force wouldn’t even know where to begin.”
How else am I going to write this review and try to explain what lies ahead for the reader if I don’t quote the opening words of the Thief? There’s science fiction and then there’s the future and God help us if our future means every single minute of our day being traced and stored thanks to an implant which shows whether we’re overweight, in which case the implant will put a stop you from snacking on a chocolate thanks to a Consumption Order.
Taking this one step further, because the implant, called iMe, which helps track you and the added HUD (Head-Up Display) which is an integral part of iMe, allowing you to make calls, email, do banking, browse and even open your front door, the daily life of the police is now mainly cyber and terrorism crimes.
PCU (Proximity Crimes) as it’s now called has never had to deal with a missing person or murder – because iMe is impossible to turn off – that’s the theory, so when a call comes through from a frantic boyfriend saying that his partner, Karina Morgan is missing, DI Clive Lussac and his new partner, DC Zoe Jordan are not overly concerned, until they discover that her iMe has somehow been switched off. This is the first time that a person’s iMe has malfunctioned. What is puzzling is when the girl’s body is found, it’s thanks to the iMe working again.
This is just the first in a series of people who go missing – with absolutely no signs of how they have disappeared. DI Lussac and DC Jordan must revert to “old fashioned policing methods” to try to work out who the perpetrator is, how they are able to disguise iMe and of course, the big question, why are they targeting certain people?
This is a fast-moving storyline. The protagonists, Lussac and Jordan are interesting and Jem Tugwell draws some wonderful pictures of how Jordan, a young rookie, only used to iMe and being tracked is shocked by her more senior partner Lussac’s “olden time” policing ideas. I particularly enjoyed their interactions.
I must admit that I’ve finished the book with a prayer, that I will never see something like iMe introduced in my lifetime. The idea is just too terrifying!
Dietes
Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review.
Thief: “For the first time in ten years, the real me walked free. I savoured every beat of excitement that pulsed through me. All those failures, but now it was working…….. They couldn’t see me, and what was left of the police force wouldn’t even know where to begin.”
How else am I going to write this review and try to explain what lies ahead for the reader if I don’t quote the opening words of the Thief? There’s science fiction and then there’s the future and God help us if our future means every single minute of our day being traced and stored thanks to an implant which shows whether we’re overweight, in which case the implant will put a stop you from snacking on a chocolate thanks to a Consumption Order.
Taking this one step further, because the implant, called iMe, which helps track you and the added HUD (Head-Up Display) which is an integral part of iMe, allowing you to make calls, email, do banking, browse and even open your front door, the daily life of the police is now mainly cyber and terrorism crimes.
PCU (Proximity Crimes) as it’s now called has never had to deal with a missing person or murder – because iMe is impossible to turn off – that’s the theory, so when a call comes through from a frantic boyfriend saying that his partner, Karina Morgan is missing, DI Clive Lussac and his new partner, DC Zoe Jordan are not overly concerned, until they discover that her iMe has somehow been switched off. This is the first time that a person’s iMe has malfunctioned. What is puzzling is when the girl’s body is found, it’s thanks to the iMe working again.
This is just the first in a series of people who go missing – with absolutely no signs of how they have disappeared. DI Lussac and DC Jordan must revert to “old fashioned policing methods” to try to work out who the perpetrator is, how they are able to disguise iMe and of course, the big question, why are they targeting certain people?
This is a fast-moving storyline. The protagonists, Lussac and Jordan are interesting and Jem Tugwell draws some wonderful pictures of how Jordan, a young rookie, only used to iMe and being tracked is shocked by her more senior partner Lussac’s “olden time” policing ideas. I particularly enjoyed their interactions.
I must admit that I’ve finished the book with a prayer, that I will never see something like iMe introduced in my lifetime. The idea is just too terrifying!
Dietes
Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review.
June 10, 2019
Oh wow, I am absolutely blown away with this book. Set in the future, but one that is totally believable, big brother is definitely watching every move everyone makes. Obesity is a thing of the past and crime almost none existent. Well, it sounds pretty cool to me. Sign me up! But it’s not everyone’s cuppa tea!
When a serial killer discovers a way to go off grid and scratch an itch that has been suppressed for the last ten years since tracking everyone was introduced, all hell breaks loose. DI Clive Lussac and his new partner Zoe Jordan have to investigate with a mixture of new tech and old skool ways to hunt down this killer.
There are some corking characters in this story. Lussac was pure entertainment from start to end. He loves his food, dislikes exercise, struggles with everyday life and is the salt of the earth. By the end of the book, I was truly fond of this man.
The murders are pretty gruesome but what made them spine chilling for me was how Jem Tugwell, the author, made me feel the thrill of how the killer was feeling. I lived every precious moment they felt and it was terrifying. From killer to victim the balance was perfection. A see-saw of pain and pleasure for both.
There are some superb moments in the book which had my smile to laughing. The cars just creased me up, especially when Clive and Zoe needed just the extra bit of speed. Everything has been thought of in this ‘perfect bubble world’ to keep everyone safe.
A brilliant book, an excellent thriller and 100% entertaining. Highly recommended. Really can’t wait for a follow-up! Genius.
I wish to thank the publisher for an e- copy of this book which I have honestly reviewed.
When a serial killer discovers a way to go off grid and scratch an itch that has been suppressed for the last ten years since tracking everyone was introduced, all hell breaks loose. DI Clive Lussac and his new partner Zoe Jordan have to investigate with a mixture of new tech and old skool ways to hunt down this killer.
There are some corking characters in this story. Lussac was pure entertainment from start to end. He loves his food, dislikes exercise, struggles with everyday life and is the salt of the earth. By the end of the book, I was truly fond of this man.
The murders are pretty gruesome but what made them spine chilling for me was how Jem Tugwell, the author, made me feel the thrill of how the killer was feeling. I lived every precious moment they felt and it was terrifying. From killer to victim the balance was perfection. A see-saw of pain and pleasure for both.
There are some superb moments in the book which had my smile to laughing. The cars just creased me up, especially when Clive and Zoe needed just the extra bit of speed. Everything has been thought of in this ‘perfect bubble world’ to keep everyone safe.
A brilliant book, an excellent thriller and 100% entertaining. Highly recommended. Really can’t wait for a follow-up! Genius.
I wish to thank the publisher for an e- copy of this book which I have honestly reviewed.
June 8, 2020
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𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘔𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢, 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘔𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘷𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘷𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.
𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘔𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴… 𝘪𝘔𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢…. 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘔𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘔𝘌.
𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘪-𝘧𝘪 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴.
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𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘔𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢, 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘔𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘷𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘷𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.
𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘔𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴… 𝘪𝘔𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢…. 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘔𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘔𝘌.
𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘪-𝘧𝘪 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴.
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September 4, 2019
I have read this book and have to say that I found it to be a good read.
I liked the way it was written in the first person.
Has a good flow to it and easy to read.
I have to admit that I am not a fan of IT and this book has not done anything to build my faith in IT. Although in fairness I have to say it is human nature that has flaws and it is the way that we use IT that is the source of my distrust.
A very entertaining book, moves faster than the cars in the story , well worth picking up this book.
I liked the way it was written in the first person.
Has a good flow to it and easy to read.
I have to admit that I am not a fan of IT and this book has not done anything to build my faith in IT. Although in fairness I have to say it is human nature that has flaws and it is the way that we use IT that is the source of my distrust.
A very entertaining book, moves faster than the cars in the story , well worth picking up this book.
November 18, 2019
I received a copy of Proximity in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Proximity is the latest novel from the mind of Jem Tugwell. Though there's actually a longer title for this novel; Proximity: If the police always know where I am...how do I kill you? And that should give you a decent idea of what you're in for, in this piece of work.
Proximity introduces us to a world full of advanced tech. Tech that has been applied towards making us all healthier and safer. But as with anything like this, it comes at a cost. The iMe can track anyone – anywhere, anytime. And it can do so much more than that.
One would think that this would completely cut out all the crime there is. And for the most part, you'd be right. But there are always those that will find a way around things. That's just human nature. But as Proximity shows us, this goes so much deeper than that.
“Part of me still believed my decision was right. Bringing iMe into policing had helped people, saved people even, but I hadn't thought through the consequences. It had ruined my dream job.”
Warnings: Proximity covers a lot of heavy subjects, including (but not limited to) concerns about safety and privacy. This swells out to cover things such as diet, habits, and everything we take for granted. On top of all of that, there are kidnappings, scenes of torture and death, and a few cases involving detailed hangings. Do consider yourself warned.
Proximity was a heavy-hitting novel, one that was completely unafraid to ask itself what would happen to humanity, if given the option to hand over all of their privacy in exchange for the semblance of control and safety. It was heavy and powerful, and highly thought-provoking.
This novel wraps together two elements that felt completely polar, and yet turned it into a fascinating novel. On the one hand are the concerns about technology and privacy. And on the other hand, is a thriller novel that will give you chills. The two combined oddly well, raising more dilemmas and leaving the readers with a lot of food for thought.
Proximity was a pretty quick read, all things considered. Or maybe it just felt that way, since I insisted on reading it all in one sitting. Either way, it's not a novel I wanted to put down. And I imagine I'm not the only one who will end up feeling that way.
There were a lot of interesting elements that Jem Tugwell wove into her novel here. I feel like this book was as much a debate about technology and privacy as it was a thriller meant to scare us out of our wits. And the two mixed disturbingly well together, that alone is fairly telling. And enough to throw some extra chills down my spine.
I'm kind of sad that I finished Proximity so quickly. But I am looking forward to seeing what else Jem Tugwell comes up with. This is going to be an author worth watching.
For more reviews check out Quirky Cat's Fat Stacks
Proximity is the latest novel from the mind of Jem Tugwell. Though there's actually a longer title for this novel; Proximity: If the police always know where I am...how do I kill you? And that should give you a decent idea of what you're in for, in this piece of work.
Proximity introduces us to a world full of advanced tech. Tech that has been applied towards making us all healthier and safer. But as with anything like this, it comes at a cost. The iMe can track anyone – anywhere, anytime. And it can do so much more than that.
One would think that this would completely cut out all the crime there is. And for the most part, you'd be right. But there are always those that will find a way around things. That's just human nature. But as Proximity shows us, this goes so much deeper than that.
“Part of me still believed my decision was right. Bringing iMe into policing had helped people, saved people even, but I hadn't thought through the consequences. It had ruined my dream job.”
Warnings: Proximity covers a lot of heavy subjects, including (but not limited to) concerns about safety and privacy. This swells out to cover things such as diet, habits, and everything we take for granted. On top of all of that, there are kidnappings, scenes of torture and death, and a few cases involving detailed hangings. Do consider yourself warned.
Proximity was a heavy-hitting novel, one that was completely unafraid to ask itself what would happen to humanity, if given the option to hand over all of their privacy in exchange for the semblance of control and safety. It was heavy and powerful, and highly thought-provoking.
This novel wraps together two elements that felt completely polar, and yet turned it into a fascinating novel. On the one hand are the concerns about technology and privacy. And on the other hand, is a thriller novel that will give you chills. The two combined oddly well, raising more dilemmas and leaving the readers with a lot of food for thought.
Proximity was a pretty quick read, all things considered. Or maybe it just felt that way, since I insisted on reading it all in one sitting. Either way, it's not a novel I wanted to put down. And I imagine I'm not the only one who will end up feeling that way.
There were a lot of interesting elements that Jem Tugwell wove into her novel here. I feel like this book was as much a debate about technology and privacy as it was a thriller meant to scare us out of our wits. And the two mixed disturbingly well together, that alone is fairly telling. And enough to throw some extra chills down my spine.
I'm kind of sad that I finished Proximity so quickly. But I am looking forward to seeing what else Jem Tugwell comes up with. This is going to be an author worth watching.
For more reviews check out Quirky Cat's Fat Stacks
July 29, 2019
What is so chilling about Jem Tugwell’s assured debut novel Proximity is how close reality is coming to his well-realised world in which technology commands every aspect of life.
The immersive world building in this book feels effortless and is to be savoured. Little details like the traffic jams caused by self-driving cars constantly circling around for their next pickup. Or the all-seeing Big Brother nature of ‘iMe’ and the implants that act like a FitBit on steroids telling you what you can and can’t eat and do. Some things a person could put up with, but when chocolate is rationed, that’s going too far!
Crime is another casualty of the iMe system. As every person has a signal, every criminal can be located and apprehended. The perfect murder should not exist. But, of course, in Jem Tugwell’s disturbing detective thriller it does.
It doesn’t help that the police have been downsized, and those who remain have lost all the old detective skills to hunt a killer with no signal. Detective Clive Lussac can at least remember the old system, unlike his young partner Zoe who grew up with iMe.
Fans of Charlie Brooker will certainly enjoy this book. People putting a toe in crime fiction from their usual sci-fi stable will also get a great introduction to the detective mystery. And ‘crimers’ will delight in this tense and pacy read and the unexpected twist that will leave you whirling.
The immersive world building in this book feels effortless and is to be savoured. Little details like the traffic jams caused by self-driving cars constantly circling around for their next pickup. Or the all-seeing Big Brother nature of ‘iMe’ and the implants that act like a FitBit on steroids telling you what you can and can’t eat and do. Some things a person could put up with, but when chocolate is rationed, that’s going too far!
Crime is another casualty of the iMe system. As every person has a signal, every criminal can be located and apprehended. The perfect murder should not exist. But, of course, in Jem Tugwell’s disturbing detective thriller it does.
It doesn’t help that the police have been downsized, and those who remain have lost all the old detective skills to hunt a killer with no signal. Detective Clive Lussac can at least remember the old system, unlike his young partner Zoe who grew up with iMe.
Fans of Charlie Brooker will certainly enjoy this book. People putting a toe in crime fiction from their usual sci-fi stable will also get a great introduction to the detective mystery. And ‘crimers’ will delight in this tense and pacy read and the unexpected twist that will leave you whirling.
June 9, 2019
Proximity is a crime thriller set in a futuristic version of our own world. With technology having been extremely advanced from what we know today, a system called 'iMe' has been integrated into everyones lives. 'iME' has created the ability for complete control over life and the total eradication of crime, until now.
Proximity follows the journey of Di Clive Lussac, who with the eradication of crime is finding his day job as a detective inspector unfulfilling. That is until the impossible happens and a body is found where the circumstances can only be explained as a murder and the killer is untraceable. After 10 years of the iME techonolgy keeping crime a non-existent threat and giving everyone control and secuirty, Lussac has to go back to basics to hunt down the killer before they strike again.
I ended up giving this 3.5 stars overall as i really enjoyed it!
The best way I can think to describe this book is that it's like reading an episode of Black Mirror. This was a very interesting,technologically advanced version of the world we live in today so it was at once fascinating and terrifying to think that some of the elements of this story could very well bleed into real life. The story was fast paced as the murder investigation went through many twists and turns. There were alternating perspectives between Lussac, his work partner and the killer themselves. I really enjoyed the multiple point of views as we got to see the story from the hunter and the hunted if you know what I mean. It made for a very intense and chilling atmosphere throughout the book.
The only reason I didn't give this more stars is that I feel the ending was a little bit rushed. I would have liked some more time to see the aftermath of what happened after the case is over. I just feel the book ended a bit abruptly and could have been fleshed out some more.
I can't really say more without revealing spoilers, but it's safe to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Proximity. If you like the shows Black Mirror or Altered Carbon you will definitely like this. Proximity is a unique sci-fi thriller and murder mystery that is a really enjoyable and exciting book that will have you rushing to get to the next page.
Proximity follows the journey of Di Clive Lussac, who with the eradication of crime is finding his day job as a detective inspector unfulfilling. That is until the impossible happens and a body is found where the circumstances can only be explained as a murder and the killer is untraceable. After 10 years of the iME techonolgy keeping crime a non-existent threat and giving everyone control and secuirty, Lussac has to go back to basics to hunt down the killer before they strike again.
I ended up giving this 3.5 stars overall as i really enjoyed it!
The best way I can think to describe this book is that it's like reading an episode of Black Mirror. This was a very interesting,technologically advanced version of the world we live in today so it was at once fascinating and terrifying to think that some of the elements of this story could very well bleed into real life. The story was fast paced as the murder investigation went through many twists and turns. There were alternating perspectives between Lussac, his work partner and the killer themselves. I really enjoyed the multiple point of views as we got to see the story from the hunter and the hunted if you know what I mean. It made for a very intense and chilling atmosphere throughout the book.
The only reason I didn't give this more stars is that I feel the ending was a little bit rushed. I would have liked some more time to see the aftermath of what happened after the case is over. I just feel the book ended a bit abruptly and could have been fleshed out some more.
I can't really say more without revealing spoilers, but it's safe to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Proximity. If you like the shows Black Mirror or Altered Carbon you will definitely like this. Proximity is a unique sci-fi thriller and murder mystery that is a really enjoyable and exciting book that will have you rushing to get to the next page.
June 17, 2019
A crime thriller which lurks in the future just around the corner. The humour of Clive Lussac's battles with technology that keeps everyone healthy and safe, counterpoints a traditional detective thriller. Old school detective skills are called upon to solve some gruesome murders; murders which are supposed to be impossible in a world where everyone's movements are tracked. An insight into a chilling future, with twists which kept me guessing until the end.
October 29, 2020
Good enough, but I'm not inclined to continue with the series.
July 18, 2019
Outstanding. I couldn't set it down, even through the gory bits, laughing out loud at times from the humour helped compensate.
June 6, 2019
I found this to be an extraordinary book considering it is a debut novel. It functions on a couple of levels; as a crime thriller with a deeply delicious twist and as a chilling indictment of how far our dependence on technology can intrude in an all encompassing manner upon our lives. But what is so clever is how the book offers the pros and the cons making it hard in some respects to come down firmly on one side or the other. How could you object to the eradication of crime?
In many dystopian/futuristic novels the landscape is stylised and, in a sense, one step removed from our immediate realities. Not so with Proximity, it’s all completely relatable and all the more chilling for it. It pays homage to the ever changing nature of technology and reminded me of a line from Ian McEwan’s recent ‘Machines Like Me’ - ‘Our bright new toys began to rust before we could get them home, and life went on much as before.’ Only life doesn’t quite go on as before in this book. It possibly belongs more to the speculative fiction genre and may even become as prophetic as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaids Tale albeit with a different dynamic.
The real problem I have in reviewing it is NOT to give anything away. One of the hilights for me was that I came to the book cold, knowing nothing of the author. The prologue gave little away, a subtle clue maybe to the flavour of the story but then Chapter One hits you with it full on and I think my eyes and my mouth were open wide. But you’re probably thinking that it’s no good me enthusing over something without qualifying that enthusiasm to some degree.
Okay. It’s a crime thriller and it is very thrilling. What renders it original and ingenious is the background of embedded technology called ‘iMe’ (how perfect is that?!) which hitherto has led to an eradication of crime. Of course no technology can be completely infallible and an aspect is compromised making it possible for a crime to be committed. The two police personnel have to return to old methods of policing and detection to solve this crime. That’s it in a nutshell and it is so frustrating because there’s so much I’d love to share.
It’s a multi narrative between Detective inspector Clive Lussac, Detective Constable Zoe Jordan and the perpetrator. The dynamic of the relationship between the two police personnel is well done looking at age and experience and their personal interactions with technology. You like both of them and want them desperately to solve the case. The other characters? I suspected every single one of them at one point or another! I chased up and down many garden paths. Most are without redemption until we reach the latter stages of the book when things become clearer and we can start to forgive our nasty, suspicious minds!
The writing hurtles along like a runaway train and you can barely pause for breath. It’s economic writing; there’s no waffle or padding, it’s all direct and relevant. Even the full stops have meaning! (Nah, that’s just me kidding!) Because I suspected everyone including the person who really ‘dunnit’ , it wasn’t such a surprise. Sometime I think because I’ve read a lot of thrillers I’m kinda wise to the possibilities if that makes sense? For someone who may be new the genre, oh my! It’s explosive. But what really struck me was how clever and tight the writing and the plotting are.
Right, I’ve said enough here. Why read this when you could be reading the book? It’s a no brainer. But be quick because the book might just end up reading you.
Thanks to Erin Britton and Nudge Books for the opportunity to experience this dynamic new novel.
In many dystopian/futuristic novels the landscape is stylised and, in a sense, one step removed from our immediate realities. Not so with Proximity, it’s all completely relatable and all the more chilling for it. It pays homage to the ever changing nature of technology and reminded me of a line from Ian McEwan’s recent ‘Machines Like Me’ - ‘Our bright new toys began to rust before we could get them home, and life went on much as before.’ Only life doesn’t quite go on as before in this book. It possibly belongs more to the speculative fiction genre and may even become as prophetic as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaids Tale albeit with a different dynamic.
The real problem I have in reviewing it is NOT to give anything away. One of the hilights for me was that I came to the book cold, knowing nothing of the author. The prologue gave little away, a subtle clue maybe to the flavour of the story but then Chapter One hits you with it full on and I think my eyes and my mouth were open wide. But you’re probably thinking that it’s no good me enthusing over something without qualifying that enthusiasm to some degree.
Okay. It’s a crime thriller and it is very thrilling. What renders it original and ingenious is the background of embedded technology called ‘iMe’ (how perfect is that?!) which hitherto has led to an eradication of crime. Of course no technology can be completely infallible and an aspect is compromised making it possible for a crime to be committed. The two police personnel have to return to old methods of policing and detection to solve this crime. That’s it in a nutshell and it is so frustrating because there’s so much I’d love to share.
It’s a multi narrative between Detective inspector Clive Lussac, Detective Constable Zoe Jordan and the perpetrator. The dynamic of the relationship between the two police personnel is well done looking at age and experience and their personal interactions with technology. You like both of them and want them desperately to solve the case. The other characters? I suspected every single one of them at one point or another! I chased up and down many garden paths. Most are without redemption until we reach the latter stages of the book when things become clearer and we can start to forgive our nasty, suspicious minds!
The writing hurtles along like a runaway train and you can barely pause for breath. It’s economic writing; there’s no waffle or padding, it’s all direct and relevant. Even the full stops have meaning! (Nah, that’s just me kidding!) Because I suspected everyone including the person who really ‘dunnit’ , it wasn’t such a surprise. Sometime I think because I’ve read a lot of thrillers I’m kinda wise to the possibilities if that makes sense? For someone who may be new the genre, oh my! It’s explosive. But what really struck me was how clever and tight the writing and the plotting are.
Right, I’ve said enough here. Why read this when you could be reading the book? It’s a no brainer. But be quick because the book might just end up reading you.
Thanks to Erin Britton and Nudge Books for the opportunity to experience this dynamic new novel.
April 30, 2020
Having previously resisted the sci-fi genre (for reasons pretty much unknown) I am now loving it! Especially books that embrace the kind of technology included within this one. In this book, the first of a new series, we are introduced to the embedded technology known as iMe. With everyone's movements tracked, it has eradicated crime completely. Ok so there are down sides as EVERY aspect of life is also tracked and controlled. Exercise, food, drink, including treats and alcohol, and there are penalties for overindulgence. We follow DI Clive Lussack, an old school cop who is pretty much spending his days twiddling his thumbs with the lack of crime and, when crime is committed, the solving of which does not take long. He has a new sidekick in Zoe Jordan who is rotating through during her training. But then, one day, the impossible happens. A missing person turns into a body being found and the killer is unknown. It appears that someone may be bucking the system. Going offline. The only way possible - but that's impossible...?!
And so begins an investigation which will open their eyes to the technology they have learned to trust. With that technology now redundant they have to go back to old school policing to try and bring the perpetrator to justice and restore faith in the system before the body count rises further.
This book was good for me, being a relative newbie to the genre as I still find myself, as it mixed the old with the new. I still got my fix of crime solving but all mixed in with a technology that, although quite scary and intrusive, is slowly becoming more and more probable. It helped that I connected with the main characters right from the off. Lussac being a bit of a rebel and Zoe being a bit green. I thought they made a good team, chalk and cheese and all!
The plot is intriguing and delivered at quite a pace; never a dull moment. With an eclectic cast of minor characters, all well drawn, it had me running around chasing my own tail as I tried to figure it all out. As well as the perfectly described technology, we also had all the usual things you'd expect from a crime book, all wrapped up in what I believe boils down to being a techno thriller. Thrilling it most definitely was.
All in all, a cracking series opener which left me wholly satisfied as well as hankering for the sequel which is out soon. Can't wait...
And so begins an investigation which will open their eyes to the technology they have learned to trust. With that technology now redundant they have to go back to old school policing to try and bring the perpetrator to justice and restore faith in the system before the body count rises further.
This book was good for me, being a relative newbie to the genre as I still find myself, as it mixed the old with the new. I still got my fix of crime solving but all mixed in with a technology that, although quite scary and intrusive, is slowly becoming more and more probable. It helped that I connected with the main characters right from the off. Lussac being a bit of a rebel and Zoe being a bit green. I thought they made a good team, chalk and cheese and all!
The plot is intriguing and delivered at quite a pace; never a dull moment. With an eclectic cast of minor characters, all well drawn, it had me running around chasing my own tail as I tried to figure it all out. As well as the perfectly described technology, we also had all the usual things you'd expect from a crime book, all wrapped up in what I believe boils down to being a techno thriller. Thrilling it most definitely was.
All in all, a cracking series opener which left me wholly satisfied as well as hankering for the sequel which is out soon. Can't wait...
June 11, 2019
Exciting thriller with near future technology and AI
A woman goes missing, which is impossible given the technological advances in place. Can she be found, and the technological glitches resolved? Or is there something more sinister happening?
A brilliant thriller where the nanny state is enhancing the freedom of citizens, or controlling them, depending on your point of view. DI Lussac (who prefers the old freedoms) and his young DC (who loves the new technology) are trying to track down the missing woman, and begin to discover some unsettling truths about the AI systems. Meantime there is a lot of humour as DI Lussac rebels against the technologies that are there “for his own good”.
The ideas about the future of technology are great, and very plausible. Meanwhile the suspense builds up as the likeable detectives try and resolve what is going on, and the plot races to an exciting end, enhanced by chapters narrated by the “Thief” who puts the other side of the story, and really adds to the many cliff hangers.
5*s from me as the storyline is brilliant, though a little dark and chilling in places. The book has got me thinking about (and talking about) the technological innovations Jem Tugwell introduces in the book. Are they are good or bad thing? How long will it be before we have systems such as these in place?
Plenty of discussion topics here for book clubs!
A woman goes missing, which is impossible given the technological advances in place. Can she be found, and the technological glitches resolved? Or is there something more sinister happening?
A brilliant thriller where the nanny state is enhancing the freedom of citizens, or controlling them, depending on your point of view. DI Lussac (who prefers the old freedoms) and his young DC (who loves the new technology) are trying to track down the missing woman, and begin to discover some unsettling truths about the AI systems. Meantime there is a lot of humour as DI Lussac rebels against the technologies that are there “for his own good”.
The ideas about the future of technology are great, and very plausible. Meanwhile the suspense builds up as the likeable detectives try and resolve what is going on, and the plot races to an exciting end, enhanced by chapters narrated by the “Thief” who puts the other side of the story, and really adds to the many cliff hangers.
5*s from me as the storyline is brilliant, though a little dark and chilling in places. The book has got me thinking about (and talking about) the technological innovations Jem Tugwell introduces in the book. Are they are good or bad thing? How long will it be before we have systems such as these in place?
Plenty of discussion topics here for book clubs!
November 21, 2019
Imagine a chip implanted in your body that told you when to exercise, what to eat, and pin-pointed your whereabouts every single minute of the day. Then imagine a serial killer who is able to buck the system. DI Clive Lussac will need to go old school to investigate the murders.
DI Clive Lussac is a dinosaur. This new iMe technology is an invasion of privacy. Whatever happened to solving a case the hard way by good old-fashioned sleuthing? Whatever happened to having a drink or having a piece of chocolate anytime you wanted without the Ministry of Health and Well-Being doling out Freedom Units (FUs for short)? Now everyone's daily life and habits are tracked by a surgical implant, but technology is not as infallible as the government thinks. There is a serial killer on the loose and Clive and his young partner DC Zoe Jordan have to hunt him down the old-school way.
Clive and Zoe are total opposites as partners, but they work well together with Clive's experience and Zoe's techno knowledge.
I enjoyed this fast-paced techno thriller with Head-Up Displays (HUDs), Freedom Units (FUs), and self-driving cars. In this world of CCTV and GPS tracking it's a believable and frightening story for our future. Recommend highly!
Thank you to Mr. Tugwell for giving me the opportunity to review this book with no expectation of a positive review.
DI Clive Lussac is a dinosaur. This new iMe technology is an invasion of privacy. Whatever happened to solving a case the hard way by good old-fashioned sleuthing? Whatever happened to having a drink or having a piece of chocolate anytime you wanted without the Ministry of Health and Well-Being doling out Freedom Units (FUs for short)? Now everyone's daily life and habits are tracked by a surgical implant, but technology is not as infallible as the government thinks. There is a serial killer on the loose and Clive and his young partner DC Zoe Jordan have to hunt him down the old-school way.
Clive and Zoe are total opposites as partners, but they work well together with Clive's experience and Zoe's techno knowledge.
I enjoyed this fast-paced techno thriller with Head-Up Displays (HUDs), Freedom Units (FUs), and self-driving cars. In this world of CCTV and GPS tracking it's a believable and frightening story for our future. Recommend highly!
Thank you to Mr. Tugwell for giving me the opportunity to review this book with no expectation of a positive review.
January 2, 2020
Call me a wuss, but Proximity scared the living heck out of me. This isn’t a horror novel – it’s a techno thriller, so you may be asking yourself why this scared me so much. Part of it is that Jem Tugwell’s writing is so absorbing, I was transported into the story. The other reason this is so scary? Because we are so attached to technology right now that the implant, iMe, is something that is totally realistic.
The mystery portion of this story was compelling. A series of people go missing with no signs of how or why. Their iMe’s have malfunctioned and it is up to DI Lussac and DC Jordan to revert to “old-fashioned” investigation to figure out what is happening.
The pacing of this novel is brilliant and it kept me on the edge of my seat. I love that this is a series because I think there is so much more to discover in this world. Jem Tugwell really knows how to keep the reader invested, and guessing all the way to the end.
Overall, Proximity is one of those books you will pick up with the intention of reading a few pages and end up staying up late to finish the story. I can’t wait to continue on in the series. Highly recommended!
*book received from R&R Book Tours. All opinions are my own.*
The mystery portion of this story was compelling. A series of people go missing with no signs of how or why. Their iMe’s have malfunctioned and it is up to DI Lussac and DC Jordan to revert to “old-fashioned” investigation to figure out what is happening.
The pacing of this novel is brilliant and it kept me on the edge of my seat. I love that this is a series because I think there is so much more to discover in this world. Jem Tugwell really knows how to keep the reader invested, and guessing all the way to the end.
Overall, Proximity is one of those books you will pick up with the intention of reading a few pages and end up staying up late to finish the story. I can’t wait to continue on in the series. Highly recommended!
*book received from R&R Book Tours. All opinions are my own.*
March 4, 2020
This is a really enjoyable and timely near future dystopian novel where residents have their whereabouts continually accessible to anyone who wishes to find out where they are. Every aspect of their daily health and wellbeing lives is controlled and monitored by iMe. Until, for a few individuals, it isn't. I found it very interesting that the author chose to set his novel in the Uk instead of the more usual countries where there seems to be a lot of monitoring and censoring already happening. This gave the novel a refreshing change of outlook and gave me pause to reflect on what may be happening here that I don't stop to consider, as the focus is often on other countries. I was given a copy of the second in the series for review on Netgalley and although they are standalone novels I am glad I bought and read this one first. I am very much looking forward to No Signal (book 2) which I am starting next.
December 7, 2020
The plot was good, especially towards the end; but a lot of the writing was clunky, and it took me forever to care about any of the characters. I didn't care because the characters were either whiny and pathetic or only very superficially developed. It took a long time spent with these characters and some atrocious deeds before I found myself caring. To a certain extent, my apathy worked for the author in the first half of the novel when he killed off the first victims. I wasn't upset by their deaths because I barely knew them. But after a while, I felt guilty for not caring and felt like putting the book down because it didn't make me care.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 6, 2019
An enjoyable and somewhat unnerving peek at what technology could be like in our future. "Proximity" is fast-paced, imaginative and could easily be featured as the next episode of "Black Mirror". It's a big 5 stars from me!
Thanks to the author Jem Tugwell and publisher Serpentine Books for the opportunity to read this as part of my blog tour review: https://whatrebeccasread.wordpress.co...
Thanks to the author Jem Tugwell and publisher Serpentine Books for the opportunity to read this as part of my blog tour review: https://whatrebeccasread.wordpress.co...
December 30, 2019
How great does that concept sound? At the heart of it, this is a classic crime story (a woman goes missing, a body is found). But here there’s an added difficulty. Technology in the near future means that everything you do is tracked an monitored. It’s compulsory in the UK. So why can’t the killer be found? This is a fantastically executed concept, looking not only at crime but also the consequences of becoming to reliant on technology.
January 31, 2020
I love a futuristic story & this was an easy listen, but thrilling story. The characters were relatable and likable. The story moved fast, and you felt the frustration of the characters as they attempted to carry out their duties in this future time, where things had changed BUT not always for the better. In fact the only disappointment was that book two of this series isn't available until June!! Roll on summer.
November 20, 2019
I wasn't totally sure what to expect, but I really enjoyed this book. A chilling look into a possible future, where all your choices are taken away - and a deadly killer that has found a way to circumvent the government controls. A thrilling future procedural that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
February 27, 2021
I received this book all the way from England. Wrapped up all nice and shiny with it's customs stamps made me feel all important like I was a VIP or something. I really liked the premise of this story, where technology has completely taken over how we live our lives. So what happens when someone discovers how to circumvent that technology and how do we restore order without using that same busted technology. A thought provoking and interesting read. My only complaint would be the characters, while we get plenty of time in their heads to know what makes them tick, they just didn't feel completely real. Especially Clive. I think it was because as a police officer around before the technology was implemented I expected him to have a little less whiney and downtrodden. A good start to a series that was definitely as intriguing as it's blurb promised.
I won this book through Goodreads Giveaways. All opinions are my own.
I won this book through Goodreads Giveaways. All opinions are my own.
May 30, 2019
I loved this book.
It had a different aspect to anything I've read before. It has made me think about how I use technology myself. While I was reading it I was just carried along with the story as it was all very believable. It is only when I finished the story I thought more deeply about how we track our lives already.
I enjoyed the humour that was also evident throughout the book which you don't always get with crime style stories. I actually chuckled and then looked up feeling guilty for laughing while reading something crime related.
I will read it again as I would like to see what I take from it the second time around and it is a book that is very easy to pick up and get into.
I would definitely recommend this book
It had a different aspect to anything I've read before. It has made me think about how I use technology myself. While I was reading it I was just carried along with the story as it was all very believable. It is only when I finished the story I thought more deeply about how we track our lives already.
I enjoyed the humour that was also evident throughout the book which you don't always get with crime style stories. I actually chuckled and then looked up feeling guilty for laughing while reading something crime related.
I will read it again as I would like to see what I take from it the second time around and it is a book that is very easy to pick up and get into.
I would definitely recommend this book
June 25, 2019
Proximity is the first novel I have read by Jem Tugwell. I found it both thought provoking and highly entertaining. The core storyline had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. Descriptive scenes brought the action and character interactions to life and made me feel like I was there watching the story unfold. The backdrop of the 'near future' setting for the story is truly eye-opening and really makes the reader ponder if this is where technology will ultimately take us!
At the core is a superb story, well written and narrated, with a fresh twist and an edge that makes the reader think both about the events unfolding and the greater landscape it is set in.
Highly recommended. I look forward to the next novel by Jem Tugwell.
At the core is a superb story, well written and narrated, with a fresh twist and an edge that makes the reader think both about the events unfolding and the greater landscape it is set in.
Highly recommended. I look forward to the next novel by Jem Tugwell.
June 9, 2020
In the movie, “Jurassic Park,” the mathematician played by Jeff Goldblum is skeptical about the parks safeguards. The creators believe they have thought of everything, with multiple fail-safes to make sure the dinosaurs don’t procreate. His famous line retort to that arrogance is, “If there is one thing for sure, life finds a way; life always finds a way.”. After reading this book, probably the negative of the statement from Jurassic Park could be true as well: “Evil/death finds a way”. Evil has a way of finding a way against smug arrogance about the impossibility of failure in some well thought out plan. Never underestimate life, but never underestimate the determination of evil to wipe the smug over-confidence off our faces, either. That’s what this book is about.
June 26, 2019
I think by now everyone knows I’m a sucker for good world building. Proximity brought its world building A game and just a glimpse into this speculative future (how speculative is it really?) left me feeling a bit queasy.
Loved the use of iMe in crime and how so much of investigating had to be relearned as a result of its existence.
Definitely a procedural with a twist and left us with a window left for Clive and Zoe to return (and I hope they do!). Looking forward to see how their characters continue to grow in this crazy world!
Loved the use of iMe in crime and how so much of investigating had to be relearned as a result of its existence.
Definitely a procedural with a twist and left us with a window left for Clive and Zoe to return (and I hope they do!). Looking forward to see how their characters continue to grow in this crazy world!
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