Glitches & Stitches

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By Nicole Kurtz

Publisher Description

"Nicole Kurtz has created a gritty, noir science fiction world with characters you want to spend time with, but you also don't want to piss them off. If I end up with a laser-blast in my chest, I want Fawn Granger investigating the murder."

–John Hartness, Author of the Quincy Harker series

Suffering PTSD from her past cases, Inspector Regulator Fawn Granger is exhausted with her job and she can't wait to move to the Southwest Territories, when another death violation drops into her lap.

World famous Dr. Leonard Cho, obsessed with cybernetics, is killed.

Fawn and long-term partner, Briscoe Baker, have investigated strange cases before, but nothing like this one. Potential witnesses value their tech over the death of Dr. Cho, making the case difficult to solve.
Things become even more challenging when an organization, guilty of human rights violations, becomes involved, and a hacker gets their hands on a list of undercover Regulators.

With only five days to retirement, will this death violation push Fawn into a mental spiral? Or will she repair the damage for herself and bring the violator to justice.

Together, she and Briscoe must do all they can to solve this death violation.

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6 Reviews

3.0

Raquel

Created about 1 year ago

“Wtf did I just read, this was sooo confusing, and the plot was lacking”

Enola Henderson

Created about 1 year ago

“Review: Glitches & Stitches ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Author: Nicole Givens Kurtz Publication Date: 23 January 2023 Publisher: Mocha Memoirs Press, Mystery & Thrillers | OwnVoices | Sci Fi & Fantasy Read: January 22, 2023 Original Review: January 24, 2023 Posted Reviewed: January 12, 2024 I received this book from Nicole Givens Kurtz and Mocha Memoirs Press, as an advanced eArc for my honest review any opinions that come from this review are my own. Thank you to both the Author, the publisher, and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book. Here are my thoughts on this book was it good yes.. could it have been better yes. It was a quick mystery crime thriller with a beautiful cover that’s what honestly drew me in. It’s a short fast-paced novel with lots of twists and turns, lots of drama and chaos, and some action but nothing to scream about. I love the idea of futuristic crime-fighting it gives me I am robot vibes just a little bit. As far as character development I feel as if the author has a little work ahead because to me the female lead was a little flat it was just hard to get through her voice as a character. The book itself has a lot of potential and I’m looking forward to seeing what this author comes up with.”

Casey

Created over 1 year ago

“Thanks NetGalley, Mocha Memoirs Press, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), and Members' Titles for access to this arc. 2/5 Stars I'm glad this was a quick read, because man did I struggle through it. The idea was good, but the writing style just wasn't my fave and made reading this really hard for me to get through. :/”

Tea7777

Created almost 2 years ago

“Given to me by a friend: a bit of cybernoir....cyberpunk isn't my cup of tea, necessarily, but this one was grounded enough as a noirish police procedural that I blew through it. Props to Kurtz for an accurate depiction of anxiety in a hectic work position.....”

Britney Matthews

Created about 2 years ago

“Firstly I wanted to thank everyone for giving me the opportunity to read this book to review NetGalley, the publishers and the Author Nicole Givens Kurtz. Typically this isn't my niche when it comes to books, but when reading the blurb about crime solvers with PTSD gets handed a strange death case. With a time frame to solve it, not only from her time until she retires but also on the verge of a mental spiral. This book is super quick (about 120 pages on my iPad), a tech-filled world where suspects and witnesses care more about their technology than finding out what happened. For a quick read, I think it was pretty good. I would have loved a little more world-building because I couldn't fully immerse myself in the story. I think it also had a little to do with the writing. I couldn't mould with it, it felt rushed and seemed like it was just skipping over everything, and we were only getting the highlights. And I couldn't help but spot so many mistakes throughout the story. But I loved the concept of the story. I was a little confused when the blurb mentioned that Fawn is retiring, so there's a time limit to finding out what happened, but this ends up being a series. But after reading the book, it makes more sense, and I will look for the next book to see how the series gets carried on.”

About Nicole Kurtz

Nicole Givens Kurtz's short stories have appeared in over 40 anthologies of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Her novels have been finalists for the EPPIEs, Dream Realm, and Fresh Voices in science fiction awards. Her work has appeared in Stoker Finalist, Sycorax's Daughters, and in such professional anthologies as Baen's Straight Outta Tombstone and Onyx Path's The Endless Ages Anthology. Visit Nicole's other worlds online at Other Worlds Pulp, www.nicolegivenskurtz.com.