In The Blink of An Eye: A BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick

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***As seen on BBC 2's BETWEEN THE COVERS***

'BRILLIANT BOOK, TOTAL PAGE-TURNER' CERYS MATTHEWS,as featured on BBC 2s BETWEEN THE COVERS
'I LOVED IT'ANGELA SCANLON,as featured on BBC 2s BETWEEN THE COVERS
'I DEVOURED THIS IN ONE SITTING' ROB RINDER,as featured on BBC 2s BETWEEN THE COVERS

In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds.
Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye.

DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts. Picked to lead a pilot programme that has her paired with AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detective Entity) Lock, Kat's instincts come up against Lock's logic. But when the two missing person's cold cases they are reviewing suddenly become active, Lock is the only one who can help Kat when the case gets personal.

AI versus human experience.
Logic versus instinct.
With lives on the line can the pair work together before someone else becomes another statistic

In the Blink of an Eye is a dazzling debut from an exciting new voice and asks us what we think it means to be human.

**In development for the screen with Neal Street Productions**

The most original crime novel you'll read this year CLARE MACKINTOSH

This has to be a strong contender for crime debut of the year T. M. LOGAN

A fresh and intriguing detective double act I fell hard for all-too-human Kat and her AI colleague Lock . . . a riveting cold case mystery told with compassion and verve LOUISE CANDLISH

Everything you could hope for in a thriller: heartbreaking, intelligent, deftly plotted and so original FIONA CUMMINS

Jo Callaghan makes her entry into the crowded police procedural genre with a fresh take on the buddy-buddy cop trope.In the Blink of an Eyepredicts the near future when police officers and their AI counterparts will work hand-in-holographic-hand. The human-AI interactions between the lead protagonists as they pursue their quarry are illuminating and, at times, hilarious. Provocative and compelling.A TV series seems a certainty VASEEM KHAN

'In the Blink of an Eye is fresh, innovative and very very clever. Flawlessly paced, plotted and researched, its laugh out loud, heart-achingly sad and doesnt have a dull moment. I raced through it. Simply sensational' M. W. CRAVEN

The kind of fresh and fearless debut I just adore. Wildly original, heartfelt, funny, and properly thrilling. Take a bow, Jo Callaghan' CHRIS WHITAKER

I started reading this morning and ten hours later Ive finished it! Its so, SO good really properly compelling, impossible to put down I was desperate for the solution to the mystery but so human and moving and massively thought-provoking on what makes us human LAURA MARSHALL

'A standout debut with a unique and thrilling take on the detective novel. Engaging, exciting and superbly readable. I loved it' SARAH HILARY

In the Blink of An Eye captured me from the first page and kept me enthralled until the last. Jo Callaghan shakes up the police procedural with a truly original premise that is both compelling and filled with heart. Highly recommended OLIVIA KIERNAN

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Jo Callaghan has invented a brilliant cast of characters in this highly entertaining debut. I devoured it and had no hesitation in picking it for Between the Covers. I felt it was so strong I placed it on show one of our latest series. It has universal appeal and seduced our celebrity panel members who wouldnt normally choose a crime book. I have to consider hundreds of books in the selection process but this absolutely stood out, I havent read anything like it before and cant wait for the next book in the series Amanda Ross, Executive Producer, BBC 2s Between the Covers

Brilliant book, total page-turner Cerys Matthews, as featured on BBC 2s Between the Covers

I devoured this in one sitting Rob Rinder, as featured on BBC 2s Between the Covers

I loved it Angela Scanlon, as featured on BBC 2s Between the Covers


I started reading this morning and ten hours later Ive finished it! Its so, SO good really properly compelling, impossible to put down I was desperate for the solution to the mystery but so human and moving and massively thought-provoking on what makes us human -- Laura Marshall
Completely different and utterly brilliant -- Amanda Reynolds, author of Close to Me, now a major six part C4 drama series
SO good. A really clever twist on the police procedural that asks big questions about instinct, bias, and what it means to be human while also delivering a cracker of a plot. Loved it -- Phoebe Locke, author of The Tall Man and The July Girls
Its phenomenal . . .Perfect blend of police procedural and techno thriller and kept me guessing right to the end! -- Steph Broadribb, author of The Retired Detective Series
'It's so much more than a dystopian police procedural and asks questions about who we are and what it means to be human. Brilliant' -- Nikki Smith
'Thrilling, thought-provoking andcinematic a slam dunk for movie/TV adaptation' -- Alexandra Sokoloff, author of the Huntress Moon thrillers
Fabulous! A rare crime novel truly as much about character as it is about plotcried at the endinghuge potential series exploring the human AI connection. Loved' -- Lindsay Galvin
'I tore through this one in a day. One of the best new crime partnerships to emerge in fiction' -- Simon Bewick, Bay Tales Festival, Virtual Noir at the Bar
'An absolute cracker of a thriller. Such an original concept and so brilliantly executed, but also a story to make you think, and one that throws up unexpected questions about life, grief, loss, and the human mind . . . If you love a police procedural, you'll adore this. If you like a book to make you think a little more deeply, you will also love this. As someone who is a fan of both, I can't recommend it enough' -- Joanna Cannon
'One of the most original and modern police procedurals youll read . . . The results are astounding' -- Belfast Telegraph