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Access Denied (2004)

by Donna Andrews
(#3 in Turing Hopper)

If she had a nose, Artificial Intelligence Personality Turing would smell something fishy. She’s been monitoring criminal-at-large Nestor Garcia’s dormant credit card. Then, several thousand dollars’ worth of purchases show up—and packages ordered on Garcia’s card have been sent to a vacant house. Turing’s sure that someone else has stolen the plastic. Because for Garcia, using his traceable credit card would be like clapping on his own handcuffs.

So Turing and her friends, of both the bionic and biped varieties, make plans to stake out the empty house’s vicinity. But just when Tim finds something he wishes he hadn’t, he’s charged with murder. Now, Turing and her friends have to clear his name. The only way is to find the guilty party—by luring him to attack them. But doing so might very well get them “accidentally” deleted …