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    Shadow Maze
    Spider Play
    The Doppelganger Gambit
    Ebook series3 titles

    Brill/Maxwell Series

    By Lee Killough

    3.5/5

    ()

    About this series

    In a bitter 2092 winter, the mystery of why someone would hijack a hearse in a snowstorm leads detectives Janna Brill and Mama Maxwell first to evidence of smuggling and then to a space station with secrets. Hundreds of miles from Earth, minus weapons or communication with Earth, they face a killer who could be the very person inviting them there

    Editorial Review
    This is one of (Lee Killough’s) best novels. Like all of Killough's novels, the twists and turns in the plot will surprise you. I list her as one of my "must-read" authors among all SF writers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBWL Publishing Inc.
    Release dateMay 22, 1997
    Shadow Maze
    Spider Play
    The Doppelganger Gambit

    Titles in the series (3)

    • The Doppelganger Gambit
      The Doppelganger Gambit

      The Doppelganger Gambit

      Lee Killough
      3/5
      3/5

      It looks like straightforward suicide to Detective Janna Brill. Starship outfitter Andy Kellener locked himself in his office after hours and took a fatal drug dose. But Brill’s exasperating new partner Mama Maxwell thinks it’s murder, and his chief suspect is Kellener’s partner Jorge Hazlett. The trouble is, Hazlett has an airtight alibi. In 2091's cashless society, every purchase is made with a data chip implanted in the individual’s wrist...and Hazlett’s bank records put him in a shopping mall clear across town at the time of his partner’s death. To get their man, Brill and Maxwell have to prove Hazlett faked his shopping spree...and possibly destroy law enforcement’s best tool since DNA for tracking suspects! Reviews “This is a grittily realistic police procedural set in the 21st century. Don’t miss this one.” Analog Magazine “Like many procedurals the novel’s strength rests as much on the personalities of the cops as in the solving of the crime, and Brill and Maxwell make an entertaining pair.” Locus Magazine “Police Procedural SF is rare — that makes Ms. Killough’s fun romp all the more appreciated. The characters, plot, indeed the whole future society are very well developed in this novel.” SF Review 34

      It looks like straightforward suicide to Detective Janna Brill. Starship outfitter Andy Kellener locked himself in his office after hours and took a fatal drug dose. But Brill’s exasperating new partner Mama Maxwell thinks it’s murder, and his chief suspect is Kellener’s partner Jorge Hazlett. The trouble is, Hazlett has an airtight alibi. In 2091's cashless society, every purchase is made with a data chip implanted in the individual’s wrist...and Hazlett’s bank records put him in a shopping mall clear across town at the time of his partner’s death. To get their man, Brill and Maxwell have to prove Hazlett faked his shopping spree...and possibly destroy law enforcement’s best tool since DNA for tracking suspects! Reviews “This is a grittily realistic police procedural set in the 21st century. Don’t miss this one.” Analog Magazine “Like many procedurals the novel’s strength rests as much on the personalities of the cops as in the solving of the crime, and Brill and Maxwell make an entertaining pair.” Locus Magazine “Police Procedural SF is rare — that makes Ms. Killough’s fun romp all the more appreciated. The characters, plot, indeed the whole future society are very well developed in this novel.” SF Review 34

    • Shadow Maze
      Shadow Maze

      Shadow Maze

      Lee Killough
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      Detectives Janna Brill and Mama Maxwell are chasing shadows. They have an attempted robbery of a political fund-raiser, another of a society bash, and a dead billionaire businessman. All under the eyes of state-of-the-art security. The brass want the case solved fast, but there are no fast answers. There are plenty of witnesses and security footage. Plenty of suspects, too: politicians, drag queens, spies, industrialists, scientists, even robots. But nothing helps identify the assailants, and all the clues only say the crimes were impossible to commit... Editorial Review Grittily realistic police procedural ... recommended heartily.

      Detectives Janna Brill and Mama Maxwell are chasing shadows. They have an attempted robbery of a political fund-raiser, another of a society bash, and a dead billionaire businessman. All under the eyes of state-of-the-art security. The brass want the case solved fast, but there are no fast answers. There are plenty of witnesses and security footage. Plenty of suspects, too: politicians, drag queens, spies, industrialists, scientists, even robots. But nothing helps identify the assailants, and all the clues only say the crimes were impossible to commit... Editorial Review Grittily realistic police procedural ... recommended heartily.

    • Spider Play
      Spider Play

      Spider Play

      Lee Killough
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      In a bitter 2092 winter, the mystery of why someone would hijack a hearse in a snowstorm leads detectives Janna Brill and Mama Maxwell first to evidence of smuggling and then to a space station with secrets. Hundreds of miles from Earth, minus weapons or communication with Earth, they face a killer who could be the very person inviting them there Editorial Review This is one of (Lee Killough’s) best novels. Like all of Killough's novels, the twists and turns in the plot will surprise you. I list her as one of my "must-read" authors among all SF writers.

      In a bitter 2092 winter, the mystery of why someone would hijack a hearse in a snowstorm leads detectives Janna Brill and Mama Maxwell first to evidence of smuggling and then to a space station with secrets. Hundreds of miles from Earth, minus weapons or communication with Earth, they face a killer who could be the very person inviting them there Editorial Review This is one of (Lee Killough’s) best novels. Like all of Killough's novels, the twists and turns in the plot will surprise you. I list her as one of my "must-read" authors among all SF writers.

    Author

    Lee Killough

    Lee Killough has been storytelling since the age of four or five, when she started making up her own bedtime stories, then later, her own episodes of her favorite radio and TV shows. Because she loves both SF and mysteries, her work combines the two genres. Although published as SF, most of her novels are actually mysteries with SF or fantasy elements...with a preference--thanks to a childhood hooked on TV cop shows--for cop protagonists.

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