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A Quantum Murder (1994) is the second SF novel in the Greg Mandel series, following Mindstar Rising. In the previous volume, Greg and Gabriel were captured by their enemies and taken into the Fens. They were handcuffed to a wrought iron railing in a tower.

Greg got them out of the handcuffs and they set the tower on fire. They got out though a window and headed toward the town. But they were pursued by their captors in hovercraft.

In this novel, Greg Mandel is a former Captain in the Mindstar Brigade. He has a bionode that allows him to read emotions and some thoughts. He had been a private detective, but now he is retired. He married Eleanor and bought a farm.

Eleanor Broady is married to Greg. They are now living on a farm across the water from his former chalet.

Philip Evans was Chairman of Event Horizon, a multibillionaire and the grandfather of Julia. Now his personality resides within a neuronode.

Julia Evans is now in the late teens and owner of Event Horizon. She is running the company with some help from her management team and her grandfather's personality. She is a very important person, but still has moments of adolescent insecurity.

Morgan Walshaw is a former soldier. He is also head of security for Event Horizon.

Gabriel was a Major and a prescient in the Mindstar Brigade. Now she is an advisor to Event Horizon security and living with Morgan.

Edward Kitchener is a double Nobel Laureate in cosmology and solid-state physics and holder of some very valuable patents. He lives in Launde Abbey, where every year he invites three students for a two year residence study under his personal direction.

Nicholas Beswick is a graduate of Cambridge in physics. He is now living at Launde Abbey. He is very shy around other people, but is being gradually coaxed out of his shell by Kitchener.

In this story, Greg is planting lime trees. The English monsoon is about to start and he and Eleanor are hurrying to get fifty trees into the ground before the rain and wind arrives. A village boy comes to summon him to town.

A villager has accused a local man of being a PSP apparatchik. Eleanor drives Greg to the house, where he interrupts a small mob beating the accused man. Then he uses his bionode to discover the truth and sends the mob away.

Meanwhile, at Launde Abbey, Nicholas sees somebody drive a Suzuki jeep down the road toward the river. Lightning flashes dazzle him. After recovering his vision, he can no longer see the vehicle.

later, Nicholas sees a reflection of a woman in his window, but she is not behind him. Then he sees two female students walking down the hall with the woman behind them. Then the woman disappears again and he thinks that she is a ghost.

Nicholas is awakened by screaming. He rushes out of his room and finds Kitchener dead. His sternum has been split and the lungs placed to the sides.

Julia is informed of the murder and told that Kitchener was working on a subcontract for Event Horizon. The police investigation hasn't found the murderer. So Julia gets the Home Office to appoint Greg as an advisor to the local police.

Greg is reluctant to take the case. He is happy in his retirement, but the gruesome murder offends his sensibilities. Besides, Eleanor urges him to help find the killer.

The police are not happy with the orders from the Home Office. They think that he is an amateur and snub him at the station. But Greg has probably interrogated more prisoners than most of the police and can tell when a prisoner is lying.

Greg interviews all the students and Eleanor checks the data files, but they discover nothing new. There is an anomaly in the skin scans, but not anything major. However, Greg almost remembers something about the lakes at Launde Abbey.

The murder method is familiar to Greg and the police. A serial killer used this method about four years before. Greg interviews the man in a nearby prison and finds his mind to be really weird.

This tale has Greg searching for information on the abbey. The local police files have been destroyed by crackers. Philip's personality checks the national files and finds that they also have been destroyed. Eleanor gets help from Gabriel to check local news files.

This plot has major twists and turns. The next installment in this series is The Nano Flower. This novel and the previous volume are being reprinted as The Mandel Files, Volume 1.

Highly recommended for Hamilton fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of psychic talents and tough detectives. Read and enjoy!

-Arthur W. Jordin


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A Quantum Murder Peter F Hamilton 9780312859541 Books Reviews

Peter F. Hamilton is a formidable science fiction writer. Check out his earliest novels in the Mandel trilogy. I was surprised at how good they were. This is the second after MINDSTAR RISING. It's followed by THE NANO FLOWER.
Accessible Peter Hamilton. A pity about the meanderings into sex scenes as it takes what could be a great teen read and sullies it a little. Lacks the subtlety and intrigue to be a great adult book.
peter hamilton is a wonderfully innovative science fiction writer. this book is also a murder mystery. the protagonist and antagonists are well developed and the characters are memorable. i have reread it once -- just so that i could enjoy the writing style more.
Good read
This is a good sequel to the first book.
The second book about Greg Mandel brings back all the favorites from the first book. It's still interesting and has a great storyline, but I do think that the first book was better.
A strong narrative building on Greg's earlier exploits but this text is a hybrid with the Sci Fi meshed with the detective genre.
A Quantum Murder (1994) is the second SF novel in the Greg Mandel series, following Mindstar Rising. In the previous volume, Greg and Gabriel were captured by their enemies and taken into the Fens. They were handcuffed to a wrought iron railing in a tower.

Greg got them out of the handcuffs and they set the tower on fire. They got out though a window and headed toward the town. But they were pursued by their captors in hovercraft.

In this novel, Greg Mandel is a former Captain in the Mindstar Brigade. He has a bionode that allows him to read emotions and some thoughts. He had been a private detective, but now he is retired. He married Eleanor and bought a farm.

Eleanor Broady is married to Greg. They are now living on a farm across the water from his former chalet.

Philip Evans was Chairman of Event Horizon, a multibillionaire and the grandfather of Julia. Now his personality resides within a neuronode.

Julia Evans is now in the late teens and owner of Event Horizon. She is running the company with some help from her management team and her grandfather's personality. She is a very important person, but still has moments of adolescent insecurity.

Morgan Walshaw is a former soldier. He is also head of security for Event Horizon.

Gabriel was a Major and a prescient in the Mindstar Brigade. Now she is an advisor to Event Horizon security and living with Morgan.

Edward Kitchener is a double Nobel Laureate in cosmology and solid-state physics and holder of some very valuable patents. He lives in Launde Abbey, where every year he invites three students for a two year residence study under his personal direction.

Nicholas Beswick is a graduate of Cambridge in physics. He is now living at Launde Abbey. He is very shy around other people, but is being gradually coaxed out of his shell by Kitchener.

In this story, Greg is planting lime trees. The English monsoon is about to start and he and Eleanor are hurrying to get fifty trees into the ground before the rain and wind arrives. A village boy comes to summon him to town.

A villager has accused a local man of being a PSP apparatchik. Eleanor drives Greg to the house, where he interrupts a small mob beating the accused man. Then he uses his bionode to discover the truth and sends the mob away.

Meanwhile, at Launde Abbey, Nicholas sees somebody drive a Suzuki jeep down the road toward the river. Lightning flashes dazzle him. After recovering his vision, he can no longer see the vehicle.

later, Nicholas sees a reflection of a woman in his window, but she is not behind him. Then he sees two female students walking down the hall with the woman behind them. Then the woman disappears again and he thinks that she is a ghost.

Nicholas is awakened by screaming. He rushes out of his room and finds Kitchener dead. His sternum has been split and the lungs placed to the sides.

Julia is informed of the murder and told that Kitchener was working on a subcontract for Event Horizon. The police investigation hasn't found the murderer. So Julia gets the Home Office to appoint Greg as an advisor to the local police.

Greg is reluctant to take the case. He is happy in his retirement, but the gruesome murder offends his sensibilities. Besides, Eleanor urges him to help find the killer.

The police are not happy with the orders from the Home Office. They think that he is an amateur and snub him at the station. But Greg has probably interrogated more prisoners than most of the police and can tell when a prisoner is lying.

Greg interviews all the students and Eleanor checks the data files, but they discover nothing new. There is an anomaly in the skin scans, but not anything major. However, Greg almost remembers something about the lakes at Launde Abbey.

The murder method is familiar to Greg and the police. A serial killer used this method about four years before. Greg interviews the man in a nearby prison and finds his mind to be really weird.

This tale has Greg searching for information on the abbey. The local police files have been destroyed by crackers. Philip's personality checks the national files and finds that they also have been destroyed. Eleanor gets help from Gabriel to check local news files.

This plot has major twists and turns. The next installment in this series is The Nano Flower. This novel and the previous volume are being reprinted as The Mandel Files, Volume 1.

Highly recommended for Hamilton fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of psychic talents and tough detectives. Read and enjoy!

-Arthur W. Jordin