San Francisco detective Ed Sampas is sitting in his office when Thelonius Noble entersand says he wants to hire Sampas to recover a stolen item. It's a black statue of a bird,about a foot high, made of lead."Sounds like the Maltese falcon," Sampas jokes."It is," Noble tells him, straight-faced. "I own the prop from The Maltese Falcon, and it's worth a million dollars."And so, Sampas is hired to find the Maltese falcon.Reel Life Crime mirrors the p...

Evil drives autonomous vehicles to kill in this science fiction mystery exploring themes of technology, capitalism, and politics.It's 2036. CAVs (Connected Autonomous Vehicles) comprise twenty-five percent of the cars on the nation's streets and roads, fleets of robo-cabs crisscross cities, and robos are revolutionizing the country's trucking industry. With new federal regulations in the works, CAVs are about to become an even more integral part of society, which g...