Past Crimes (eBook)

Jason Pinter (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
375 Seiten
Severn House (Verlag)
978-1-4483-1213-9 (ISBN)

Infos

When death becomes entertainment, every life has a price. And Cassie West is about to find out how much hers is worth . . . Ready Player One meets Black Mirror in this stunning speculative thriller set in a future world in which virtual reality isn't just a game, it's daily life.Pinter's accessible speculative story will appeal to fans of Ernest Clines enduring hit, Ready Player One Booklist Starred ReviewA tense, unputdownable near-future thriller GuardianDark, gritty, andsuspenseful . . . A spellbinding storyPublishersWeeklyonPast CrimesWow Lee Child onHide AwayAbsolutely addictive LisaGardner onHide AwayYou'll burn through the pagesDavid Baldacci onHide AwayWelcome to Earth+. The year is 2037, and nearly all human interactions have migrated to the virtual world. Now, true crime fans don't just listen to podcasts or watch documentaries - they participate in hyper-realistic simulations and hunt for clues to solve the most famous and gruesome crimes in history. Criminal entertainment is a multibillion-dollar industry, and at the forefront is Past Crimes: known by its millions of fans as the Disneyland of Death.Cassie West licenses crimes for V.I.C.E, spending long hours convincing grieving families to allow her to sell their tragedies to the highest bidder. Life is hard, and the cost of living high, but she and her husband Harris have never been happier. After years of trying, Cassie is finally pregnant.But leaving work late one evening, Cassie starts to worry. Harris isn't responding to texts or calls. Even worse, dozens of emergency drones seem to be heading in the same direction as she is: straight to their home.What she finds there changes everything. Soon, Cassie finds herself in a fight for survival, becoming a target in both the real and virtual worlds. But it's not just her own life at stake. If Cassie can't uncover the truth of what happened to her husband, thousands more may die . . .Action-packed, satirical and beyond compelling, Past Crimes examines our obsession with true crime and how the pain of others has become a multi-billion-dollar industry, while also exploring the sinister possibilities of the virtual world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.2.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: action • American crime story • Black Mirror • Blake Crouch • casefile • Cold Case • conspiracy • crime junkie • Dark Matter • Dark Places • dateline • Dave Eggers • Dystopia • Ernest Cline • fast-paced • female protagonist • future crime • Futuristic • Gillian Flynn • karen and gerogia • metaverse • missing girls • my favorite murder • Near future • near future science future • North America • rabbits podcast • Ready Player One • redhanded • Satire • Science Fiction • serial podcast • Simulation • sinister • speculative thriller • suspenseful • tanis podcast • techno thriller • The Circle • The Peripheral • True Crime • True Crime Podcast • true criminal • unsolved crime • unsolved mysteries • up and vanished • Vengeance • Virtual Reality • Virtual World • VR • William Gibson
• ISBN-10: 1-4483-1213-2 / 1448312132
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4483-1213-9 / 9781448312139