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A Dictionary of Chaos
Paperback
Series: Bram Finch, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 30 2026
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Where others see a tragedy, he sees a design flaw. Where killers build an alibi, he dismantles their architecture.
Ambrose Bram Finch is not your typical detective. He operates under a singular, absolute mandate for Interpol: the first twenty-four hours belong to him alone. No local police, no over-eager forensic techs, and no contamination. Because in the first twenty-four hours, a crime scene is still screaming its secrets. After that, it only whispers.
Driven by the devastating ghosts of a past rooted in the tragedy of September 11, Bram uses the chaotic clamour of fresh murder scenes and the roar of jet engines to outrun a deafening inner silence. He treats the physical world not as a backdrop, but as a blueprint that never forgets its original draft. While ordinary investigators chase elusive shadows and DNA, Bram tracks structural failures: the micro-disruptions in dust motes, rapid temperature shifts, and anomalous drafts that expose a killer's lie.
Spanning across an intense two-part structure (Season 1: The Sin and Season 2: The Syntax), this global techno-thriller thrusts Bram into a breakneck, episodic race against time across five continents. From a high-tech glass tomb in the Grand Egyptian Museum to a historic cathedral in Tijuana, a storm-tossed ferry on the high seas, and the sterile corporate battlegrounds of transatlantic flights, Bram faces brilliantly engineered murders. He must outsmart high-calibre assassins, corrupt religious leaders, and calculating tech-savants who use software backdoors and advanced science to commit the perfect crime.
For fans of hyper-intelligent, clinical observers and hard-edged crime fiction, A Dictionary of Chaos delivers a fascinating look into the mind of a genius. Melding complex forensic science and cutting-edge technology into an accessible, fast-paced narrative, this book is a gripping masterclass in the architecture of crime.
The air is screaming. Can you learn its language before the silence sets in?
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