Mindsight

No idea is so good it cant go bad. Frank Mallory is a private detective working for a new type of national detective agency: a well-organized one. Private Eyes, Inc., has the latest in data analysis, training techniques, cross-discipline integration, illicit back-door deals, and cynical programmers who dont care what they have to do as long as they dont lose their benefits while doing it. PEI has it all covered. The right mix of idealism and plausible deniability can work wonders. But that doesnt mean that Franks in the clear when he starts work on a case involving the new designer drug Mindsight. Mindsight is a miracle drug. It wont give you telepathy, but it comes close, triggering a wave of pure empathy that helps treat everything from domestic violence to schizophrenia. The problem is, if you take too much of it, youll understand someone elses point of viewall the way to death. Of course a serial killer starts butchering Mindsight addicts. As if nobody could see that coming. All he has to do is ask nicely. And maybe offer a little something the victim cant refuse. The real twist is when a Mindsight addict fights backand takes down a cop, saying that he admitted to being the serial killer before he died. Franks hired to find solid, incontestable proof that the man, someone he used to work with, is actually the murderer, so a rich mans daughter, the purported victim, can walk free. Seems straightforward, right? Right.