An interesting story exploring the potential use of technology in criminal cases (but it is not for the squeamish!). “Predictive Phenotyping†will allow the police to know who they are looking for rather than just giving them something to match when they catch someone. I wasnât totally convinced but I was willing to suspend judgement for the sake of a good story, and I certainly got that. I also got some interesting philosophical questions, e.g. if we can predict future psychotic behaviour, do we have a right to imprison the ‘potentialâ criminal? But this is no dry debate. This is, I believe, the first of many from a fantastic new talent.
Comparison: Mo Hayder, Peter James, P J Tracy.

Reuben Maitland runs the UKâs elite forensic crime squad – GeneCrime. Their work is at the cutting edge of modern crime detection, using the very latest scientific knowledge to identify, arrest, prosecute and convict Britainâs worst criminals. They only work on the most high-profile of cases. They are controversial, but undeniably effective. But the hunters are about to become the hunted, and find their own techniques used in an attempt to destroy them.
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Reuben Maitland runs the UKâs elite forensic crime squad – GeneCrime. Their work is at the cutting edge of modern crime detection, using the very latest scientific knowledge to identify, arrest, prosecute and convict Britainâs worst criminals.
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Dirty Little Lies was written by John Macken and published by Transworld Publishers Ltd
Dirty Little Lies has 528 pages
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