Publication Date: April 29, 2025
Artificial intelligence meets genuine murderous intent.
This state-of-the-art smart home has everything: a next-generation entertainment system, an ultramodern kitchen where every appliance is online and even a personal AI to control it all. Standing above its owner’s lifeless body, FBI agent Jude Mackenzie is faced with the daunting task of discovering how the woman was killed by her own home. How do you catch a murderer that doesn’t leave any fingerprints?
Enter Special Agent Victoria Tennant, whose familiarity with cybercrime reveals the stark truth: a machine can only do what it’s been directed to. As the number of grisly “accidents” begins to rise, the pair must race to uncover the perpetrator even as they find themselves caught in their digital crosshairs! There’s nowhere to hide when danger may be as close as the very phones in their pockets.
Just when you get comfortable with the thrill of being able to change channels, turn lights on, and pay bills with voice commands, here comes an unsettling techno-thriller.
Author Heather Graham, who has made a name for herself with fast-paced thrillers, ventures into the world of artificial intelligence with The Murder Machine.
FBI Agent Jude Mackenzie gets called to a case of a woman killed in her own home, but it takes an assist from Special Agent Victoria Tennant who specializes in cybercrime. The concept that artificial intelligence can be weaponized forces them on a search for the perpetrator as more horrifying household “accidents” occur.
This futuristic approach, combined with elite hackers, creates a storyline featuring the rise of AI combined with technology. Readers will find plenty of fast-paced action as part of the investigation, in addition to some food for thought about the misuse of AI.
The Murder Machine takes cybercrime to a new level when mixed with artificial intelligence and programmed with ill intent.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham has written more than a hundred novels. She’s a winner of the RWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Thriller Writers’ Silver Bullet. She is an active member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America. For more information.
