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Forensics with lots of twists and turns, and in this novel, plenty of shocks!

Chapter 1 - Stars, Seconds, Cylinders and Steam (Tolerance 0.1), tells of (John WIlkinson)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkinson_(industrialist)] and his precision boring machine, patented in 1774. It also mentions (John Harrison)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison] and his quest for a clock, usable at sea and sufficiently precise to measure Longitude - though this is covered in more depth in (Longitude)[https://books.paladyn.org/book/7043/s/longitude] by Dava Sobel.

Wallendars's first case introduces many recurring characters, such as his father. He is still technically a patrolman, but due to transfer to the detective branch. Although he makes some foolish decisions a murder would not have been solved without his persistence.

I will keep referring back to the Neuroscience 101 appendix, which is useful independent of the determinism discussion

Often, when reading Grisham's stories, I discover something about the American legal system which I had not known, whereas these tales, although a good read did not particularly draw me in.

The intermingled threads are full of twists and surprises. A rare featuring of Network Time Protocol, and Certificate Expiry - though technical readers will be complaining that it does not work like that - but could this be yet another Red Herring?