A Quantum Murder

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**A Quantum Murder**

First edition paperback cover
Author	Peter F. Hamilton
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Greg Mandel Trilogy
Genre(s)	Mystery Novel
Publisher	Tor Books
Released	April 1994
Media Type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	384 pp (first edition, paperback)
ISBN	ISBN 0-330-33045-4 (first edition, paperback)
Preceded by	Mindstar Rising
Followed by	The Nano Flower

A Quantum Murder is a novel by Peter F. Hamilton. It is the second book in the Greg Mandel trilogy, between Mindstar Rising and The Nano Flower.

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The following is a synopsis for A Quantum Murder:

Professor Edward Kitchener: a double Nobel Laureate researching quantum cosmology for the Event Horizon conglomerate - but no good to anybody dead and with his lungs spread out on either side of his open chest.

The security system at Launde was premier-grade gear. But a mercenary could have got through and there were plenty of people anxious to stop his work who would pay the necessary. But why would a professional waste their time ritually slaughtering their target?

Something doesn't gel. Was Kitchener the victim of industrial espionage, personal revenge or of a crime of passion committed by one of his live-wire students?

Event Horizon needed to know, and fast, so Greg Mandel, Psi-boosted ex-private eye, is enticed out of retirement to find himself on a convoluted trail that ends in a confrontation with a past which, according to Kitchener's theories, might never have happened. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Release details

1994, USA, Tor Books (ISBN 0-330-33045-4), Pub date ? April 1994, paperback (First edition)
1996, USA, Tor Books (ISBN 0-614-08674-4), Pub date ? April 1996, unbound
1997, USA, Tor Books (ISBN 0-312-85954-6), Pub date 1 November 1997, hardback
?, USA, Tor Books (ISBN 0-8125-5524-4), Pub date ? ? ?, paperback (mass market)

	Works by Peter F. Hamilton
	The Greg Mandel trilogy • Mindstar Rising \| A Quantum Murder \| The Nano Flower The Night's Dawn trilogy • The Reality Dysfunction \| The Neutronium Alchemist \| The Naked God The Commonwealth Saga • Pandora's Star \| Judas Unchained \| Void Trilogy (upcoming) Other novels • Fallen Dragon \| Misspent Youth Novellas and short fiction • Lightstorm \| A Second Chance at Eden \| Watching Trees Grow Other • The Confederation Handbook
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