Shelli: MurderMind (Paperback or Softback)

The highly anticipated sequel to SHELLI: The Android Detective--ranked among the top ten sci-fi novels of 2024 by Reading Freely book reviews and hailed by popular YouTube channels like Good Bad Flicks and Professor Geek. Step inside and return to the world of tomorrow!

Shelli has a pulse, a heartbeat, and emotions—but she’s not human.

Once a government hunter of rogue synthetics, she now hides in plain sight, helping the very machines she used to pursue. However, when a building’s security system is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of people, Shelli is forced back into service.

Reunited with Special Agent Jake August, they follow a bloody trail across the country, uncovering a conspiracy with global consequences. As the attacks escalate, Shelli and Jake find themselves caught in the crosshairs of the Department of Defense and a deadly adversary unlike any they’ve faced before.

Lines are drawn. Sides are chosen. War is coming—unless Shelli can stop it.

In this science fiction crime thriller, rising panic over artificial intelligence has pushed humanity to the edge. Across a nation ruled by fear and misinformation, the second book in the SHELLI: Synthetic Crimes series follows the only android who appears human as she navigates a world where the balance between man and machine is collapsing.
Merging the investigation of a traditional crime procedural with the urgency of a sci-fi mystery, MurderMind explores how far governments will go to maintain control—and what happens when their creations refuse to obey.

Fans of Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries will be drawn to this cyberpunk noir of dangerous robots, buried conspiracies, and moral decay. As a synthetic detective racing against the machinery of power itself, Shelli must uncover the truth before the tides of war erase the last line between humanity and its creations.
“A mix of mystery, action, and moral quandaries,” (Reading Freely Reviews) — praised by YouTubers and digital-media critics alike, SHELLI: MurderMind is the sequel fans have been waiting for.

When every government agency has something to hide, Shelli is the secret no one can control.