It's a few years in the future. Marketing has taken over and effectively runs the police department. And the increasing technology of surveillance and forensics means that there is an endless supply of data to consider - most of it of no value.

A poor writer has been murdered. The bosses are ready to call it the work of the terrorist group, The Circle, but to Detective Philman, there is no motive and the only suspect has no reason to have killed the writer. Amid all the data, is there some clue?

Chapter 1: The crime scene.

Chapter 2: Baseball and Katarina.

Chapter 3: The phone call.

Chapter 4: Working the case.

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