Access Denied (Turing Hopper Series #3)

by Donna Andrews Narrated by Bernadette Dunne

Overview

When Turing Hopper, Artificial Intelligence Personality and sleuth, uncovers information tied to criminal Nestor Garcia's long-dormant credit cards, she sends her human assistants to investigate, but when one of them becomes embroiled in murder, the A.I. detective must find a way to bring the guilty party to light.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

Expert plotting and a highly original heroine lift Andrews's third entry in her Agatha Award-winning series starring an almost-sentient computer (after 2003's Click Here for Murder). "Artificial Intelligence Personality" Turing Hopper has been monitoring the credit cards of notorious criminal-at-large Nestor Garcia, waiting for signs of activity. When suddenly thousands of dollars of purchases begin appearing, Turing traces them to deliveries to a vacant house in northern Virginia. For Garcia to be using his credit card in such a manner is highly suspicious, so Turing and "her" assistants, including human friends Tim and Maude, who work for Washington's Universal Library, start investigating. Tim watches the vacant house, but when a dead body turns up, Tim could well be the police's only real suspect in the murder. Later, someone tries to break into Maude's house, and Turing realizes that a devious plot is unfolding. Could Nestor Garcia be behind it all? As Turing works on the puzzle, racing against time, she observes everything with the wry, witty musings on human-computer relations that make this "techno-cozy" series a true standout. Agent, Ellen Geiger at Curtis Brown. (Dec. 7) Forecast: Blurbs from Margaret Maron and Steve Hamilton will help attract readers who don't ordinarily go for cozies. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Artificial Intelligence Personality Turing Hopper and her other-abled human friends search cyberspace and meatspace for the archfiend who kidnapped Turing's clone. Ever since stealing T2, the computer program designed to back up Turing during her reincarnation as the unseen CEO of the Alan Grace Corporation (Click Here for Murder, 2003), Nestor Garcia has escaped even Turing's unsleeping vigilance. Now there's a sudden lead: Somebody has used Garcia's charge card to pay for a package delivered to a vacationing couple's suburban Virginia address. When programmer-turned-shamus Tim Pincoski stakes out the place, he dozes off and awakens to the Fairfax County police force's questions about the murder inside. Clearly, Tim and his older friend, secretary Maude Graham, need help. As usual, however, Turing, who's uniquely equipped to track criminals through the endless databases in which they can't help but leave footprints, is handicapped by her lack of corporeal identity. Not only can she not respond to the police without revealing that she's just a computer program; she can't even chase the deer away from Maude's hostas (well, not at first, anyway). Sadly, Andrews's accustomed wit (nettled by another AI personality, Turing "counted 1010 before answering") is channeled into a chase for some pretty small fry, with Nestor Garcia just as far out of reach at the fadeout. Will Andrews condemn one of the most cleverly conceived detectives of the decade to an endless quest for a spectral bogeyman? Stay tuned. Agent: Ellen Geiger/Curtis Brown Ltd.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940178977668
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	05/05/2020
Series:	Turing Hopper Series , #3
Edition description:	Unabridged

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