A Killer App - (An Hoa Mystery) by Linda Lovely (Paperback)

About the Book

Deepfakes Can Be Murder

Book Synopsis

Deepfakes Can Be Murder

Kylee Kane, a security consultant for Welch HOA Management, finds the first victim, Andy Fyke, crumpled at the bottom of a flight of stairs. Kylee suspects his fall's no accident and is tied to Andy's campaign to prohibit rentals in his Hilton Head Island community. Yet, Andy's obvious enemies have ironclad alibis.

When another Lowcountry HOA retiree dies in a hit-and-run boat tragedy, Kylee begins to think the incidents are linked-even though the victims and their assailants have little in common.

The link is the Chameleon, an Artificial Intelligence expert, who can create a deepfake of almost anyone-living or dead. Even more frightening is the Chameleon's ability to seek out disturbed souls and laser-focus their rage. A talent employed to compel subjects to act as surrogate assassins.

When Kylee begins to pursue the Chameleon, the AI expert decides it's time to groom an assassin to permanently sideline Kylee.

Review Quotes

"Lovely delivers solid plotting and vivid characters, but a memorable villain with an ingenious and all-too-plausible criminal technique are what sets A KILLER APP apart." - Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire

"Linda Lovely's yarns are an easy read and her familiarity with Lowcounty staples like no-see-ums, deer issues, Security Officers and POA management is spot on. It's neat to have our little slice of the Lowcounty serve as the backdrop for a fictional Murder Mystery." - Peter Kristian, General Manager of the 4,200-home Hilton Head Plantation Property Owners Association