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You've Got Murder
Author: Donna Andrews

Book Information
Publisher: Berkley
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780425189450 - ISBN-10: 0425189457
Publication Date: 4/1/2003
Pages: 304


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover

Book Description:
Normally a workaholic techie, Zack has missed work for several days. So his friend, Turing, does the only neighborly thing and checks to see if Zack is logged in from home. No luck. Then she skims the databases of local banks to find his personal identification number. Nothing. Next she searches police and hospital records throughout the state. No Zack. Turing is no crazed stalker: she is an artificial intelligence personality of Zack's creation. But, unlike other AIPs, Turing is sentient--and she senses foul play. Fortunately, when Zack created her, he downloaded into Turing every murder mystery in his library, so Turing would think like a detective. She does find some clues to Zack's disappearance, but the enemies may well lie in the real world--where Turing has no ability to move.

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Top Member Book Reviews

Marge J. (MaplesFlowers) wrote on 8/5/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

Book was very cute. Written from the point of the book's heroine, Turing Hopper, an AIP (Artificial Intelligence Personality). You truly forget that Turing is a computer, and not a human.

Jan M. (batgirl) wrote on 7/25/2006...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

Awesome series starter. I read the 2nd one first. This book, You've Got Murder, really MUST be read before the other series titles.

Bonnie A. (ladycholla) wrote on 6/29/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Enjoyed very, very much. Different and a good first start. Anxious to see where she takes her characters.

Bobbie Jo C. (bobbiejo) wrote on 7/16/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

I couldn't get into the plot.

Carla Q. (CarlaQ) wrote on 3/5/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

For all those that love computers. Turing Hopper is an Artificial Intelligence Personality - AIP - a mainframe computer with a mind like Miss Marple. Her creator dissapears and she gets worried. Using all her skills - and some human friends - she tries to catch the flesh and blood criminal. - This may make you worry about what all those computers out there might be capable of.

Malka E. (huskyshep) wrote on 1/6/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

interesting and fun, a bit scarier than i thought it would be,
1- in terms of suspense
2- in terms of "computer intelligence" and the things that can
be accomplished by computer!
when donna andrews set out to create a "new type of detective" she really hit the mark!

John A. and Marguerite E. W. (aliennightbird) wrote on 4/27/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

On the whole, I really enjoyed this series which featured the most unusual of amateur sleuths, Turing Hooper, an artificial-intellienge library computer with a friendly woman's personality, who has somehow gained sentience. It is too bad that the author seems to have stopped the series at four books. She left plenty of room for more stories.

I find that the Turing Hooper series is even more hilarious than her extrenely funny "bird" series. As Turing investigates murder, and asks her small circle of human friends who know her secret to do the legwork, she must try to figure out illogical human feelings, motives, thoughts, and relationships, often with hilarious misconceptions. Her various other projects, such as gardening and making recipies have equally ludicrous results.

In this, the first book in the series, Turing must investigate the murder of one of her creators.

Tracy H. (FiberBabble) wrote on 5/21/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

What a fun read! I started this months ago and had to give up the book; so glad that I found another copy to finish the story.

Turing is pretty lovable for a bunch of hardware, and her two human sidekicks were quietly wonderful.

The only very minor downside is that much (maybe half?) of the book is written in italics. That's not a terribly bad thing, but it seems like "Turing Speak" could have been indicated in some other way.

Shirley R. (sdrred) wrote on 5/9/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

A very fun read. The author was new to me and I picked it for the title. lol It turned out to be highly enjoyable and a very fun read. Highly recommend this book/series!

Linda F. (Vtquilts) wrote on 11/5/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

In the very humorous and imaginative style of Donna Andrews, this might be the start of my new favorite series!


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Stephanie S. (punkinema) wrote on 8/28/2009...


A very cute book with a different protagonist - a computer (artificial intelligence program) named Turing. Turing is worried about her programmer, Zack, who has failed to login for a few days. She enlists the help of her two human friends to be her hands and feet not knowing the danger she puts them and herself in. A thoroughly enjoyable book!

Barbara S. wrote on 1/10/2007...


Very enjoyable - the first book in the Turing Hopper series.

Jaime C. (socialreader) wrote on 11/14/2006...


Did not read.

Ann B. (Ann-B) wrote on 8/22/2006...


Great read! Interesting premise..

Becky S. (txbeck) wrote on 5/13/2006...


Turing Hopper is great fun and an appropriate protagonist for the computer age


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