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Made to Kill
Made to Kill: A Novel | Adam Christopher
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It was just another Tuesday morning when she walked into the office--young, as I suspected they all might be, another dark brunette with some assistance and enough eye black to match up to Cleopatra. And who am I? I'm Ray, the world's last robot, famed and feared in equal measure, which suits me just fine--after all, the last place you'd expect to find Hollywood's best hit man is in the plain light of day. Raymond Electromatic is good at his job, as good as he ever was at being a true Private Investigator, the lone employee of the Electromatic Detective Agency--except for Ada, office gal and super-computer, the constant voice in Ray's inner ear. Ray might have taken up a new line of work, but money is money, after all, and he was programmed to make a profit. Besides, with his twenty-four-hour memory-tape limits, he sure can keep a secret. When a familiar-looking woman arrives at the agency wanting to hire Ray to find a missing movie star, he's inclined to tell her to take a hike. But she had the cold hard cash, a demand for total anonymity, and tendency to vanish on her own. Plunged into a glittering world of fame, fortune, and secrecy, Ray uncovers a sinister plot that goes much deeper than the silver screen--and this robot is at the wrong place, at the wrong time. Made to Kill is the thrilling new speculative noir from novelist and comic writer Adam Christopher.
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shanaqui
Made to Kill: A Novel | Adam Christopher

This is a reread, but I don't remember a ton of it. I think Christopher does a reasonably good job at capturing Chandler's style, if not with QUITE Chandler's flair.

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BenFringuello
Made to Kill: A Novel | Adam Christopher
Mehso-so

It‘s something alright. Not too bad. Really kind of interesting though. I mean I did finish it though so it must not have been horrible! Not sure if I‘m gonna read the sequel or not.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Welcome to Litsy!! 5y
Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🤗📚 5y
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plaidchuck
Made to Kill: A Novel | Adam Christopher
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Panpan

Gonna have to give this one a thumbs down. A robot noir story is a great premise, but the rest is executed horribly. Thinly written characters, predictable tropes, and prose that needed a lot of editing.

TheBookgeekFrau That‘s too bad, I was hoping to hear something good about this book 🤷‍♀️ 6y
plaidchuck Yeah I was bummed too. It seems the two sequel books have gotten better reviews so I'll probably check them out! 6y
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Slynn71
Made to Kill: A Novel | Adam Christopher
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Bailedbailed

Take your classic noir novel add a femme fatale and instead of Mr Cary Grant in the lead, you've got Raymond Electromatic. This book so boring and unoriginal. I'm done. #decapunk

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IReadThereforeIBlog
Made to Kill: A Novel | Adam Christopher
Mehso-so

Adam Christopher's novel (the first in a trilogy) combines alternate history, science fiction and hard-boiled pulp crime fiction to mixed effect.

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