Philip Kerr: A Philosophical Investigation (UK 2020)

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London, 2013, and the city is battling an epidemic of serial killings - even with the widespread government use of DNA detection, brain-imaging, and the 'punitive coma'.

Detective Isadora 'Jake' Jacowicz is hunting a murderer, code-named 'Wittgenstein,' who has taken it upon himself to eliminate anyone who has tested positive for a tendency towards violent behaviour - even if they've never committed a crime.

His intellectual brilliance is matched only by his homicidal madness.

Philip Kerr: A Philosophical Investigation. Quercus, ISBN: 9781529404203 (May, 2020), 480 p., £8.99, eBook £8.99.

Philip Kerr: A Philosophical Investigation (USA 2010)

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A terrifyingly prescient cult classic by the author of the Berlin Noir trilogy
LONDON, 2013. Serial killings have reached epidemic proportions-even with the widespread government use of DNA detection, brain-imaging, and the "punitive coma." Beautiful, whip-smart, and driven by demons of her own, Detective Isadora "Jake" Jacowicz must stop a murderer, code-named "Wittgenstein," who has taken it upon himself to eliminate any man who has tested posi­tive for a tendency towards violent behavior-even if his victim has never committed a crime.

Philip Kerr is winning more acclaim than ever for his beloved Bernie Gunther series and - with Kerr's higher profile - A Philosophical Investigation is poised to capture an all-new readership with its riveting tale of a killer whose intellectual brilliance is matched only by his homicidal madness.

Philip Kerr: A Philosophical Investigation. Penguin, ISBN: 9780143117537 (April, 2010), 336 p., $15.00.

Philip Kerr: A Philosophical Investigation (UK 1996)

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A woman is found dead, raped and covered in obscene graffiti. For Londoners living in the 21st century, the city is a world of elaborate technology, uncontained violence and sickening squalor, where serial killing has reached epidemic proportions. Almost before the woman's blood has dried, a new killer emerges who has a different way with death. His selection of his victims has alarming consequences for the government and its security. Chief Inspector 'Jake' Jakowicz is put in charge of the investigation. All her powers of reason and intuition will be called on if the killing is to stop and she is to survive...

Philip Kerr: A Philosophical Investigation. Vintage; ISBN: 0099736411 (June, 1996), 360 p., £6.99 .

Philip Kerr: A Philosophical Investigation (USA 1994)

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When the English government mandates genetic testing for predisposition to violence in the early 21st century, it also creates an elaborate computer network to store the results. But when a computer expert with just such a violent predisposition breaks into the carefully-guarded data, he decides to protect the rest of society by killing off others on the list.

Enter Inspector "Jake" Jakowicz, a tough, smart cop who must use all her powers of intuition to track the sociopath who wants to draw her into a chilling dialogue about the nature of life itself.

Philip Kerr: A Philosophical Investigation. Plume, ISBN: 0452271401 (March, 1994), 336 p., $14.00.