Dirty Geese - Lou Gilmond - Bog

WHAT CAN SEE WATCHES, WHAT CAN HEAR LISTENS, WHAT CAN BE FOLLOWED IS TRACKED...'A sharp political thriller about the very plausible rise in the use of AI' @BOOKSFROMMYSHED'Compelling from the outset' PRECARIOUS GOTHIC'The constant presence of AI creates a foreboding atmosphere' CRIME FICTION LOVER'Ripples throughout with an undercurrent of suspense and tension' @AMWBOOKSWhen Chief Whip Esme Kanha learns of the sudden death of the Minister for Personal Information, she bitterly regrets missing his desperate calls the previous evening. Unconvinced by the verdict of suicide, and suspicious that corrupt colleagues played some part in the man's death, she decides to investigate - but she must tread carefully in a near-future world dominated by AI, where 'what can see watches, what can hear listens, and what can be followed is tracked'.Meanwhile, Big Tech executive Henri Lauvaux arrives in London. His mission: to ensure the new minister, Harry Colbey, will not prove as problematic as the last. As the West inexorably slides towards an Orwellian 'Big Brother' future, Harry Colbey and Esme Kanha join forces in a deadly cat-and-mouse game against political corruption - at great cost to themselves.