3rd World Products, Book 9

Ed's old girlfriend Selena calls to plead for help with her aunt Jessie, who's moved in with her and is driving her nuts. He agrees to at least try to help, but there's one small problem; like Selena's mother Joanie, Jessie still hates Ed for the years he kept Selena from "from finding a husband her own age who'd give her children." Just when he seems to be making some headway in that matter, 3rd World receives a video of Dr. James Hannity Felton being executed Hamas-style and Linda launches a manhunt that ranges from Seattle to the mountains of North Carolina in the dead of winter. During the hunt a new AI is 'born' who constructs herself to resemble a gorgeous movie star, but refuses to name herself. As it becomes apparent to Ed and the lovely Ms. Nameless that everyone is searching for the wrong person in the wrong places, they strike out on their own to look for answers and the real killer.
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