With Bone Wires, Michael Shean weaves a story that pays homage to multiple genres and tropes, creating a whole that is definitely more than just the sum of its parts. On the surface, this is a police procedural played out against a science fiction backdrop. Beneath the skin is an alternately shiny/gritty surface is an undercurrent of horror, backed by its serial killer atrocities, marked by a throbbing vein of socio-political commentary, centred around the privatization of law enforcement.

In a w More...

In the year 2076, Detective Daniel Gray, Homicide Tier III, investigates a series of murders where the killer has removed the victims' spines. Among the many twists and turns of the plot, Detective Gray becomes interested in a Subject of Interest, an exotic dancer who knew the first victim.

Bone Wires is a futuristic sci-fi crime thriller with a noir feeling. While the main plot is the murder mystery, the subplot is Gray's romantic relationship. The characters are believable and the situations, More...

Bone Wires by Michael Shean is a Science Fiction novel that crosses genres being a police procedural along with a crime novel set in the distant future. The closest thing that comes to mind that has come out recently is the Slab City Blues Series of Novellas by Anthony Ryan. These two things have many points in common, though the latter is more noir, gritty cop fiction meets dystopian future and the former is a more stylized version without the hardboiled detective. This novel is all about preda More...

I absolutely loved the premise of this story and the story itself did not disapoint.

Dan Grey works as a homicide detective and dreams of a big break (or a sexy case as he calls it) so he can get his Amber badge. And this happens when he gets three homicides in the same week. Working to solve these cases with limited resources Dan will find out not everything is what it may seem.

Dan Grey is a character that can annoy the hell out of me but not enough that I dislike him. He is a good detective wit More...

In Bone Wires, Michael Shean creates a techno-world of the future, where cars are equipped with autodrive, dance floors are suspended from the ceiling, and soft drinks have self-chilling mechanism. Shean grabs your attention immediately, and pulls readers into the high-tech world of 2076, where police departments belong to the private sector, making concerns of profits and losses, and public relations often take priority over justice.
Detective Dan Gray wants it all: the promotion, the money, the More...

I was thrilled when offered the opportunity to review Bone Wires by Michael Shean. I’ve been awaiting his latest offering with baited breath since reading Shadow of a Dead Star, and I will say that I wasn’t disappointed.

Set in the same universe (but two years earlier.) Bone Wires follows the efforts of Homicide Solutions detective Dan Grey to solve a series of gruesome murders. With limited time and budget, he has to navigate the corporation-dominated future where all are suspect and nobody is t More...

I received a PDF copy of this book from the author for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for the review, and all conclusions are my own responsibility.

Let me start by saying that I am a “newbie” to the Sci-Fi genre, being a huge fan of Heinlein who’s stories always gave me enough of the world I live in to be related to amidst the futuristic scenarios. Michael Shean has accomplished that feat, while setting up a story that follows a Homicide Detective in the far future. I am a huge More...

Dan Gray is a homicide detective. His job isn't glamorous but it does provide great perks as you move up the corporate ladder. Dan is currently a Tier 3 with a Blue Badge and he yearns for a case that will take him Tier 4 or 5 and garner an Amber Badge. Dan is all about the job. His partner, Brutus Carter, has been on the job as long as Dan has been alive. Carter actually worked for the Seattle Police Department before policing went to the private sector. Carter appears to do his job and nothing More...

Michael Shean returns this week with his second novel, Bone Wires as he seeks to explore and investigate the world which he so beautifully crafted in his first novel, Shadow of a Dead Star. In this second novel, Shean demonstrates an aptitude and fluidity in being able to explore and dismantle themes and genres in the novel. Bone Wires shifts from an opening as a dark and horrific murder mystery that keeps readers on edge and becoming embroiled, even fascinated, with the sadistic murders in this More...

Bone Wires by Michael Shean is not your average mystery/crime novel. It's set in futuristic Seattle. And it's crazier than you could ever imagine.

In the future technology is king and consumerism is queen. And there's a place called Wonderland. Daniel Gray works for the local private company called Civil Protection. He is a detective in Homicide Solutions. And he is trying to move up in the ranks. All he needs is a big case. They say watch what you wish for.

A number of killings take place. But th More...

Let's start off with the pros. The characterization is phenomenal! I was able to "see" the characters in their environment and feel as if I was personally part of the action. The author's attention to detail is absolutely fantastic, and I loved the futuristic version of Seattle. The large, yet simple graphic between each chapter also added a nice flair to the book, something I wish more books included. As for the plot, it was complex enough where it kept the reader guessing, but simple enough wh More...

Ohhh!! What more can a girl ask for? Blood and guts everywhere. The only thing that got me was that I’m not much of a mystery person but Michael keeps this plot going. I was asking questions and trying to figure out the plot and getting everything wrong! It was great!

This did remind me of a Dystopian although it is marked as Science Fiction. It was in the future and the way the private companies did things just reminded me that all hell can break loose. And sometimes does. The cops didn’t even h More...

I read this book for a blog tour. I joined the tour because the book title reminded me of the movie The Bone Collector and the blurb made me think of Criminal Minds and CSI!

Deciding to join the tour was not a mistake at all. This book definitely had all the semi-creepy yet fascinating combined goodness of science, forensics, detectives, mysteries, and serial killers. Plus it's set in a cool futuristic world where the cops are privatized and everything's all about the money, meaning people and c More...

Taking place prior to the events of Michael Shean's Shadow of a Dead Star, Bone Wires follows a detective in Civil Protection's homicide department as he stumbles upon the solution to a gruesome murder with time and budget to spare. Despite the praise and perks heaped upon him by his employers, a nagging suspicion drives him to keep digging as he walks a fine line between cooperating with and opposing a veteran agent of Civil Protection's vice division. Bone Wires is a solid police procedural wi More...

May have slight spoilers.

This is actually the second time that I have read Bone Wires by Michael Shean. Though the first time I read it Bone Wires was a serialized story at the publisher’s site so it was only a part a week.

After it finished overall I liked it.

This reading I absolutely loved it! In fact, I am buying the paperback ASAP!

I think I would have really liked it the first time had I read it straight through instead of it only being a part every week. I do not think I really enjoy seria More...

Bone Wires is an all-engrossing world onto itself. Michael Shean's future Seattle sprawl is alive, pulsing, and at times absolutely horrifying. It's a rabbit-hole mystery that amps up the tension and anxiety with each revelation. Every move is a potential double-cross, every friend a potential murderer, and underneath it all an unspeakable and unstoppable horror is brewing. I cannot wait for future volumes from this setting.

I'm declaring it right here, right now...Michael Shean is the new king o More...

"...she had appeared like some kind of bizarre nymph that might have sprung from one of the dying trees."

I love reading stories taking place from my home city, and even though I lived in a smaller city across the green waters of Puget Sound, Seattle is our Mecca, this Emerald City, our capital of Sin. Where as children we went to see Robert Plant and Van Halen and danced in the aisles as Madonna crawled across stage crooning "Like a Virgin:" in her first stop for her inaugural world tour. It is More...

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I firmly believe that more covers should have glowing neon designs. Something about them just grabs your attention and doesn't let go. It's almost hypnotic. Plus, they look so pretty on your shelf! One of the reasons I wanted to read this, in fact, was because of the cover.



The summary, and the fact that the author is a really nice guy, didn't hurt, either. Nice indie authors seem to be harder to find than a pot of gold at the end of a More...

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At once science fiction and mystery, near-futuristic and Dystopian, cynicism and love story, ambition and romance, “Bone Wires” electrifies the reader and will leave its presence lingering long in the mind after the final page is turned. Gory, graphic, violent; emotional, romantic, startling; “Bone Wires” is riveting, engrossing, and entrancing.

In America’s Tricentennial Year, Corporations are rulers, and all outside the Corporate Center of any metropolitan area is “Verge More...

Book Info: Genre: Dark Science Fiction/Police Procedural
Reading Level: Adult
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Disclosure: I received a free egalley from Curiosity Quills via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Synopsis: In the wasteland of commercial culture that is future America, police are operated not by government but by private companies. In Seattle, that role is filled by Civil Protection, and Daniel Gray is a detective in Homicide Solutions. What used to be considered an important – even glamorous More...

So, wow. I won this book in a blog scavenger contest. I picked it blindly from a few choices, not really knowing what I was getting. I am very happy to say chance favored me with this one.

Michael Shean weaves a fantastic storyline in a Seattle of the future. The MC is a detective with ambition, but he's not the kind of guy who wants to get to the top at any cost. The twists and turns this book takes leave you dizzy as your mind spins trying to decipher the clues woven into the tale. Is anyone re More...

This has a much better plot than the first Wonderland book, i.e. this is self-contained and not dependent on a second volume to explain the ending. But it lacks some of the stylistic panache that made Shadow of a Dead Star such fun to read. This is really a 3.5 star book.

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This book has everything you could want in a futuristic crime thriller. The characters are well-developed and flawed. The futuristic world pulls you in and gives you a glimpse of what could be. The plot had plenty of twists and kept me guessing until the end. If you enjoy a story that is dark and gritty, this is an engrossing read that you won't want to put down.

This is a wonderful read. If you're a fan of Detective Noir this is the book for you. Bone Wires really kept me guessing. Just when I thought it was going in one direction it would make a U turn and head in another. I cannot recommend this book enough.

Will do a full review later, but this was a very good book.

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Another cracking read from Mr Shean.