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When memory becomes evidence… and evidence becomes a weapon
Detective Jack Stewart has seen plenty of violence in Wellspoint, Ohio. But when a series of murders strikes with an eerie precision,each crime scene staged to mislead, each witness story bending in the same direction,Jack realizes the case isn’t just about who pulled the trigger.
Somewhere in the shadows, a revolutionary device can capture, transfer, and manipulate memory itself. And if someone can alter what people remember… they can erase motive, manufacture alibis, and rewrite the truth.
Tech-noir mystery Ethics of identity Procedural cat-and-mouse Jekyll-and-Hyde tension
About the book
The Mindjack Murders blends classic detective work with near-future technology,staying grounded in motive and character while pushing the question every investigator dreads: what if the facts themselves can be edited?
Jack’s instincts point to a shadowy faction operating inside Wellspoint’s institutions,people with access, influence, and a reason to keep their project buried. As the body count rises, Jack faces pressure to accept tidy explanations, sign off on incomplete evidence, and move on.
But Jack doesn’t move on. Not when the patterns don’t fit. Not when the “why” keeps changing. And not when the case pulls him toward an unthinkable possibility: the prime suspect’s mind may still be present, digitized, watching, and capable of guiding Jack toward answers… or steering him into a trap.
Expect a fast investigation, moral gray zones, and a constant undercurrent of duality,who people are in public, who they are in private, and what they become when no one is watching.
Key characters
Detective Jack Stewart
- Decorated veteran turned homicide detective,methodical, stubborn, and allergic to convenient answers.
- Driven by pattern recognition and moral instinct… even when those instincts make powerful enemies.
- Haunted by the sense that the case is reaching into his own department.
The digitized mind
- The prime suspect’s consciousness may exist in a hidden system,part witness, part accomplice, part ghost.
- Its “help” comes with a cost: every answer raises the question of who is really in control.
- A relationship built on tension, manipulation, and uneasy dependence.
The gatekeepers
- Officials, administrators, and handlers who prefer silence over truth.
- They don’t need to pull the trigger,just redirect the investigation and bury the evidence.
- Jack’s fear grows that someone above him is protecting the project, not the public.
(Spoiler-light on purpose,these are the major forces in Jack’s orbit without giving away reveals.)
Perfect for readers who enjoy…
- Procedural mysteries welded to near-future technology.
- High-stakes conspiracies where institutions protect themselves first.
- Psychological tension with a subtle Jekyll-and-Hyde undercurrent.
- Cat-and-mouse stories where the “evidence” can’t always be trusted.
- Tech-noir thrillers that stay grounded in human motive.
About the Author
M.A. Mollenkopf is a retired U.S. Army Warrant Officer and cybersecurity specialist. He writes stories where logic meets technology and human motive,spanning tech-noir mysteries and spacefaring SF.
A lifelong SF fan ever since discovering Heinlein’s Space Cadet. Based in Georgia.
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