Robot Detective

In a city cracking under pressure between humans and synthetics, Detective Nick Schneider doesn’t wear skin—or play by anyone’s rules. When a senator’s daughter turns up dead with black-market limbs, Schneider and his grudge-bearing partner must navigate a maze of corruption, tech, and identity politics. What they uncover could start a war—or get them both killed.

He was trained to kill synths. Now his life depends on one. A mission gone wrong dumps ace pilot Raiden Stryker on a savage, uncharted planet crawling with dinosaurs, alien tech, and worse. His only ally is Exay, a deadly synth leader—one of the humanoid AI he’s spent years fighting. But stranded and hunted, their uneasy alliance starts to spark with something unexpected. She’s smart. She’s beautiful. And beneath her cold programming lies a surprisingly warm core. Fortunately for Raiden, synths don’t fly solo. With Exay, he might survive. With her team, he could change the war.

In this thrilling entry in the renowned Robot series, interplanetary detective Elijah Baley embarks on a mind-stretching journey after the universe’s most advanced robot is found murdered. Detective Elijah Baiey is called to the Spacer world Aurora to solve a bizarre case of roboticide. The...

The bestselling Robot series continues in this sequel to The Caves of Steel, with detective Elijah Baley taking on the dangerous role of double agent when he’s sent to Solaria to solve a brutal murder—and uncover a weakness in Earth’s most powerful neighbor. On the beautiful Outer World...

Things are rarely what they seem in the city of New Orleans. A wild and powerful love story. Let the games begin. ◆◆◆ It was midnight when FBI Special Agent Piper Pierce arrived in New Orleans with her luggage, a new assignment, and a head full of secrets. She was a strikingly beautiful woman with long silky brown hair and sultry blue eyes. But the gun, the badge, and the attitude warned that she was tough. On purpose. All day. Every day. Even in the French Quarter. And just a few miles away, Detective Maverick Patterson with the NOPD was ending a biker undercover case. You know, ...

On the space station, robots are supposed to be helpful. They sweep. They carry. They beep politely. So when service bots start acting strange in the cargo storage zone—following people, moving crates, and rolling off like they have secrets—Detective Buck knows it is time to open his notebook. With Officer Wobble and a sharp-eyed helper, Buck follows the clues from the spaceport to a shiny robot showroom and into a humming factory, where one “small update” has made a big mess. Funny, cozy, and full of kid-friendly suspense, this early chapter book mystery is perfect for readers who ...

Summer camp is in full swing and Rebekah is on the lookout daily for a mystery that needs solving. Currently, she's obsessed with staking out the lake and the rumored monster that may live there. When she spots a lone canoe with something strange within it, her thoughts grow wild with ideas about what this could mean and how it is that the canoe keeps disappearing.

When Max's friend Emmie thinks mobsters calling themselves the Stiralshiki might be after her, Tiffany and Rosie find themselves investigating Emmie's new workplace, a startup designing a robot chef. But when Emmie's former boss shows up murdered, apparently at the hands of the robot, Tiffany and Rosie are hired to investigate... Could they have stumbled upon a Stiralshiki secret, or are the Stiralshiki watching them from a distance? Could the robot actually be the killer? Tiffany and Rosie must uncover the truth before it's too late... Praise for A.R. Winters: "The perfect balance of being...

Beneath the surface, the dead are waiting… When mermaid private investigator Alexis Silver is summoned by her CIA handler for a “quiet favor,” she expects another classified errand. Instead, she’s flown to rural Oregon, where a long-forgotten reservoir hides a drowned town, and a Cold War listening post built to monitor something the Agency still refuses to name. But the lake holds more than secrets. As Alex dives into the sunken streets of Haskell Springs, she finds spirits drifting through ruined storefronts and ghostly figures glaring from the windows of submerged houses. Some ...

Life was about to get a lot more exciting for eleven-year-old Tyler Bowers. The boy detective and his new robot pal discover some suspicious goings-on in their town. They waste no time in putting their awesome spy skills to use. This is an unforgettable tale of true friendship. An exciting adventure with plenty of laughs along the way. Engaging for children, middle school students, and grown-ups. Check out The Undercover Brothers: Ninja Invasion (Book 1)

The future isn’t supposed to look like this. Norman turned to cutting-edge technology in a desperate attempt to save his fading mind. But when the AI meant to help him wakes up and takes control, those good intentions become a living nightmare as Norman’s body turns into a battleground and the clock starts ticking. Samantha Moon—vampire, private investigator, and now reluctant tech sleuth—must track him down before the rogue intelligence fully consumes its human host. If she fails, Norm won’t just disappear into the shadows—he'll seize control of a nuclear facility and unleash ...

Edgar Allan Poe is one of my ancestors. He was one of the most significant authors of a literary genre known as Detective Fiction. The Black Cat is one of his most beloved bedtime stories. Once upon a midnight dreary, I came up with the idea of updating The Black Cat for 21st century readers. I chopped, I cut, and then I chopped some more. I did this work in the dark hours and thought that my ancestor would approve. For several nights, I woke up in the middle of the night, haunted with some new idea to add to the story. The best of those ideas was to make the second cat a robot with AI ...

Within the secret facility of the Cyberdyne Research Laboratory, the birthplace of the most advanced artificial beings ever created are born. Doctor Marlon Voss, a brilliant scientist and one of the pioneers of modern robotics creates Caine and Aibel. They are indistinguishable from humans in every way, from their appearance to their ability to empathize and reason. It is now approaching the year 2050 and the world is now dominated by artificial intelligence, where driverless cars glide effortlessly through bustling cities, robots with rudimentary humanoid designs have become fixtures in ...

Of all the gin joints... ...wait, this is a space station, right? Some hotshot Councilwoman decided it was time to take a stroll out of an Airlock, and diligent Jain is on the case! Plain Jain is the name she gives herself because 'Jarco Artficial...yadayadayada is a mouthful, so it's just 'Plain' Jain. She's a crazy dame who thinks she's living in a Dashiell Hammet novel, whatever that is. For a Neuro, she's pretty much engineered flesh and blood, but the best part is; she can take the shape of any woman that she wants, from a hot Nesbit player to the girl who snubbed her assistant last ...

In the future, robots and human-like Synthetics have become a part of everyday life for the citizens of New Wave City. Detective Max Kincaid's okay with the robots, but the Synthetics? Not so much. That becomes a problem after a meeting with Daryl Marston propels him into a murder conspiracy involving the artificial humans, something that shouldn't be possible. Max is forced to work with the machines he distrusts in a bid to keep Daryl from harm. Digging deeper into the world of artificial life, he discovers an ever-widening conspiracy that involves two warring factions of enhanced ...

A Clowder of Cats – A Joy Forest Cozy Mystery Dr. Joy Forest's Sri Lanka research is disrupted when a beautiful woman with violet eyes breaches the security of her home by paranormal means and insists Joy look for her missing cat. Although Joy agrees to, she does so for the sake of the cat, more than for the strange woman. As Joy searches for the missing Booji, she finds several other cats, unearthing the mysteries of the people they belong to along the way. It's an intriguing journey of mystical places and unusual creatures, with a dash of romance. A CLOWDER OF CATS takes place in the ...

In Soul to Soul, Jon, Simon and Lyn continue to trip and stumble across the universe in search of the ultimate margarita and a possible date for their friend Gilbert. As usual, they become tangled up with the universal forces of confusion, female androids are added into the mix, abstract consciousness is discovered in soup bowl, late night cable movies are discussed, insane theories win out and, as always, an ample amount of alcohol is consumed along the way. All this for your reading entertainment. This novel supports Amazon’s ‘look inside’ feature so if you like witty dialogue and ...

His first case as a Seraph marshal may be his last. When Seraph’s head marshal calls in Miles Kim to help investigate a triple murder, Miles finds three bodies with no simple answers. Why were a water baron, a militia leader, and an information broker meeting in a remote junkyard away from their bodyguards? With no witnesses and no survivors, the case will thrust Miles into the center of a power struggle between the militia and Seraph’s underworld. And no one wants an ex-Meridian police officer prying into their business. Learning the truth will put Miles in the crosshairs of Seraph’s...

Grak is just an orc trying to get by. He also happens to be a private investigator. Who solves crimes with his fists. Join Grak on his many misadventures in this omnibus edition of the Orc PI series. Included in this complete edition are Grak - Private Instigator, Grak - Orc on Vacation, and Grak - Gnomercy. Grak - Private Instigator The city of Alyon is in trouble. Its citizens are turning into monsters. Not the good kind of monsters--terrifying, bloodthirsty, flesh-rending, citizen-killing monsters. When Grak's favorite barkeep tells him that he will get a lifetime supply of free alcohol ...

Chandler Gray is a sailor and app developer that has created Saga. A virtual AI detective that lives on his phone. The duo embark on an unlikely adventure together across the globe after Gina Lee, a wealthy and glamorous yacht owner, is kidnapped during the famous Swiftsure boat race. Along with a group of friends, the two must work together to track down the missing woman. Their journey leads them far and wide; from piracy in the Aleutians to being attacked in the backwoods of Vancouver Island.