THE PLUTONIUM BLONDE, by John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem
Daw Books - September 5, 2001
ISBN: 0756400066 - Paperback
Science Fiction
Violence

Reviewed by Jo Rogers, MyShelf.com
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Zachary Nixon Johnson is the last licensed private investigator on Earth. In fact, there isn't much call for his kind of work since the vidnets have made top ranking shows out of the escapades of unlicensed P.I.s, like Sidney Whoop and company from DickCo. So why would the world's richest woman, BB Star, owner of Exshell, the world's largest corporation, summon Zach to her office?

Since the summons came by way of a kidnapping attempt, Zach almost refused the case. But the bank account was low, and the only alternative was cutting the ribbon to open a new store, Zach accepted the case. He and his computer, HARV, the most sophisticated computer in the world, went to see what was so bad it couldn't be made public.

It seemed that BS Star, BB's deceased husband, had created an android that looked like BB. But it is illegal to make an android with human skin tones, and this particular plutonium-powered android, BB-2, was missing. BB needed Zach to find her before the insane robot killed someone. Exshell would pay handsomely to keep this quiet. But can Zach and HARV stay alive long enough to capture a crazy exotic-dancer droid that just might be smarter than HARV?

THE PLUTONIUM BLONDE is a fun romp through cyberspace and the future Earth. Zach is a bumbling, all-too-human man with occasional flashes of brilliance that even eclipse HARV. I enjoyed this tongue-in-cheek look at the future of private investigation, and I look forward to the further exploits of Zachary Nixon Johnson, Private Investigator, and his computer sidekick, HARV.

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