Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Family Matters: A Short Story
Family Matters: A Short Story
Family Matters: A Short Story
Ebook121 pages2 hours

Family Matters: A Short Story

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars

1/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

From Peter F. Hamilton, Family Matters is a cyberpunk short story starring the psi-boosted private detective, Greg Mandel.

Richard Townsend would proudly call himself a man of business as he secures a lucrative, though not entirely legal, financial deal. What he believes to be easy money turns his life into a nightmare when detective Amanda Patterson knocks on his door to arrest him under suspicion of murdering local celebrity, Byrne Tayler.

On the surface, all the clues seem to point to Richard. But Richard professes his innocence. Desperate to find out the truth, and driven by her remarkable instinct, Amanda seeks advice from an ex-Mindstar Brigade soldier Greg Mendel, in the hope that Greg's enhanced psychic abilities will help to reveal the truth about what really happened . . .

Family Matters was originally published in a limited edition of Peter F. Hamilton's Mindstar Rising.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherPan Macmillan
Release dateAug 28, 2014
ISBN9781447287414
Family Matters: A Short Story
Author

Peter F. Hamilton

Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to FEAR Magazine in 1988. He has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night’s Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, the Chronicle of the Fallers, the Salvation Sequence, short-story collections and several standalone novels, including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road.

Read more from Peter F. Hamilton

Related to Family Matters

Related ebooks

Science Fiction For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Family Matters

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
1/5

1 rating1 review

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Really bad.

    Unrealistic portrayal of the future. Unrelatable characters. BS science (human's psy-abilities, seriously? I'd expect that in 1960's new age crap, but this was written in 2000 and edited in 2013). Immoral story (if you're really sure a person is guilty, it's ok to frame them for the crime they didn't commit). Too many plot holes.

    I cannot even give two stars as it was a complete waste of time.

Book preview

Family Matters - Peter F. Hamilton

'6`book_preview_excerpt.htmlmZQ۸ +Gqy׻TީS[H$,dk9Hn'{ ]̈ݯ_n~~9LEppr SpƇ?wb >MSgr̛tg`!kޅglN6l~]l.6e3lf|eq} Ot;S-YEIִCt9>d㦰tf7+&'{oI&ۤ+l̥L>GϾmlpy󝋵kEgɶkLuM?:wqZbkk3s R$0/118.gl,$_ygu|F1otB}؛Á[.%[ou F Sr~\Nhb9""oRઈ6Y%TLo3@糳az-[ ~OGNa0jWl}-\rر?Ft#oa+'SkFrd~XK|GL>K8t`Saؐź4|pă:+'IO|DT$WKCI"]|r%1gl冠Y!T2σw+\jva6'u7riٛ# lm5um98wtD[;'m؝D M/?!){ѵKl@PHHK.qu Bʢg<(d g92^NgtDvٺ) Mi|M\R,+HKiY7:=(`gJg(nQY7x*Gob~:2e Fz||'`y} 5'` \`FwG;lGr_s %85pBV):ywJ8`0$g@؁KOP%%9] R7$6 z|CJ 5bbKz"ՈA3o2β+A6ghtt8%c_F'5BpVg!Ûb$UjT;EI:\3>885n(gVߞ/y&ma `,(A 8} X`D}Cb3ZmNCjLzZn`ufR<ԝh{XZ@ 4GzMv?I^] +~xJ(&XjB߄=JdوNkQ3B ){SG@L̗=m9v(S_?K5WqH}DSV&j2<}enFEVj@jGE*. p]xUhQ,@`w}IjD@HY]Uq @eCD _z?*Ŷ|듅xlyۨmPWz(" N0U#d&u6Qn8.3=;!Vy BR8;]^24Bx,M2pOs'z쏎sQythw(@$xop #,~ppEԅa;58P3ZVthn_q'i\㺖 1&ɕ÷9-(SʉЖKeDL7,y1KٺpJvlw.5RD(A- J\Qyx QVenk-ݒ`!j';I3EJrzPҮT~ X~Rs`1|2dz 0Qi`FIl߆KQ aMiܯQӄI2+~(b P ip밥B9Fr8fiؔz?Bw*&kCepv'y$$IT -=q2JsE2qa=_3sTf z#L *ψp%@l\tMzm `'*T2h㥦~pLjZ"xq&Br/čSl'g>}Rp"m}ح $fA:#FรH7R&'(S%J 1Ԗ+498=_W,{tnNI8I41C-B蝜Hj9FV 搮#mnd9bRcgo QgkF+LْÓTlPuqm)+L wiHʸz7Hģ#$BܩxîPQ:lPAZXADznމby#;\r*^2S .(i93Qk'q5Bi*2VhU_\Gw^G [` #q ٔ6Jw\y%T.ԍ81=(XuDg'/HaAou@s5$m򊁓>עTt@A#pR&лpTXKtJ(hi>?$zQVzƧ2z~Gi%ae$Q3ۄBEz:<3IyyB2/3].*6FT-E>XQ x'ȐXXa'a6a8\ׁ6QrMÁTlKsı7fD$ow2+tL}(2iJqK@6:߆kiat颗^IqҸ 9ٞTO϶.\\=ds++B6&_m0uo#LUZ%|${D"!|]w\}(cUo)2ttbOӤ0Mz, 3sW6p b*T8@wgi1 T)˅¼&0s[&,T#WeT} i/#nn^OSitfK K/(&-o:dX>BMj7V˫?!C`2(W>^Ŗ<ϼQ&A5/ZȻK"vtʤӖnnkYbaD5(?ܼݤG!u6</m-ci =ڮДLeWlj]ctTw}|Qze e</CXHuKzfu**|WhgZE\6CgH}7'GMJl1ŽN zdeya#{ꅴK2d5^/ejCRv$}kMJ6X[%.$`X#=D*1m 3*c~2d^ыd1+(IWw :Dy$'l2c$
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1