Turing Hopper, the AIP (Artificial Intelligence Personality) at Alan Grace, returns in
her fourth crime adventure. She has been looking for T2, her clone that was stolen from
Alan Grace by Nestor Garcia. That was only one of many aliases the thief used. That was
why her search is going nowhere at the moment.
Thus, when Maude Graham's PI friend, Tim Pincoski, asks Maude to help in a case, Turing
was relieved to have something to do to take at least part of her mind off the missing
T2. The case seemed simple at the beginning. Eddie Stallman has been injured in a hit-and-
run accident and is in a coma in the ICU. His grandmother, Eunice Stallman, hires Tim
and his partner, Claudia Diaz, to find out what was going on with Eddie's business and
to find his money.
Unfortunately, Eddie's business was computer-related and Tim knows little about computers,
just enough to use one a little. He also knows that Turing Hopper is a sentient computer
program that, along with Maude Graham, could make this case a cakewalk. Unfortunately, he
doesn't know enough to figure out what business Eddie ran with all that computer equipment
in his grandmother's basement. He is certain Maude and Turing could figure it out in no
time, but when Maude takes her laptop, with one of Turing's cameras attached, to the basement,
things start to get complicated.
Delete All Suspects is a computer mystery that will appeal to most mystery fans
as well as to science fiction buffs. Turing Hopper is a fascinating personality, quite advanced,
who shows all the human emotions and is allowed to be human enough to make mistakes.
However, she doesn't have a full grasp of human nature's darkest aspects, nor is she inclined
toward criminal behavior. That makes her quite appealing. Pick up all four Turing Hopper
mysteries and enjoy some good reading.