by P. J. Tracy
Part of Monkeewrench, book 1
First published 2013
Grace McBride and her software team at Monkeewrench thought they had created the perfect crime game. Players solve murders where justice always wins and killers always get caught. The game becomes their worst nightmare when someone begins copying their fictional crimes in Minneapolis, recreating every detail with deadly precision. Three victims lie dead, and seventeen murder scenarios remain online for the killer to duplicate. The city freezes in terror while police race to identify the murderer. Grace and her eccentric colleagues abandon their computers to analyze victim patterns, desperate to predict the next target. A Wisconsin sheriff and two Minneapolis detectives join the hunt, but decades-old secrets threaten everyone involved. The Monkeewrench team discovers that escaping their violent past may be impossible when that past starts killing people in the present.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: deception, found-family
Setting: Minneapolis, Wisconsin
Period: present-day
MP3 CD · Brilliance Audio
Content warnings: murder, violence