#BookReview: In The Blink Of An Eye by Jo Callaghan @JoCallaghanKat @simonschusterUK #InTheBlinkOfAnEye #JoCallagham #FiveStars #mustread

Book Synopsis:

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. 

My Review:

I’d been hearing lots of great things about In The Blink Of An Eye so when I was approved to read it on netgalley I was naturally very excited, though nervous as to whether it would live up to the hype but it completely does. In fact I’d say that it’s one of the most original, gripping and thought provoking thrillers I’ve ever read!

Firstly I really liked the characters in this book who were on the whole a very likeable bunch and not your average stereotypical detectives. I like that they all seemed to actually like each other and it was good to see each of them bringing something different to the investigation. Kat was an interesting main character that I sympathised a lot with not least because I’m dreading the day my children are teenagers. I admired her for her strength and passion for her job but she also frustrated me at times with her absolute conviction she was right.

The AI part of the story was really fascinating and helped give the story an original feel to it. I found it interesting to explore it’s strengths and weaknesses in an investigation which made me wonder if we will see something similar in a real case soon. Some of the dialogue between Kat and Locke (the AI) was hysterical, making me laugh out loud as Locke tries to understand the nuances of human behaviour.

I found this book incredibly gripping and I sailed through it in a couple of days as I couldn’t put it down. The story is very fast paced and there always seemed to be new developments happening to keep me glued to the page. I kept trying to guess what had happened to the missing people but there’s no way I could have guessed that brilliant ending and how twisted it was. I can’t wait to read more from this author and am looking forward to reading the second book in the series.

Huge thanks to Simon and Schuster for my copy of this book via Netgalley.

About The Author:

 IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE is my crime debut and first UK published book.

As well as being an author, I hoover up books, so I love hearing from other readers. I spend a lot of time on twitter talking about the books and TV shows that I love, how the writing is going or just chatting about random stuff like the weather, kids, and food. I’ve recently joined TikTok and Instagram, but twitter is really where I hang out if you want to see what I’m up to and maybe hear a bit about book 2 in the series… See you there, and thanks again for taking a look at my book!

You can find me on twitter: @JoCallaghanKat or (less often) Instagram: @JoCallaghanKat or (even less often) TikTok @JoCallaghanAuthor

Jo works full-time as a senior strategist, where she has carried out research into the future impact of AI and genomics on the workforce. After losing her husband to cancer in 2019, she started writing In The Blink of An Eye. She lives with her two children in the Midlands, where she is currently writing the second novel in the series.