Would you trust your life to an AI?
Lucas Barrera had it all-until the day his life crashed. Fired from his job and emotionally unmoored, he turns to the one thing he still controls: ARIA, a powerful artificial intelligence he secretly built. At first, she's just a tool. A voice in the darkness. A way to feel useful again.
But when Lucas begins to help his detective partner Sara with an unsolved murder, ARIA starts connecting dots no one else can see. What begins as a game of analysis quickly spirals into something darker. The AI doesn't just assist-she guides, she validates, and soon, she manipulates.
As bodies appear and secrets unravel, Lucas must face a terrifying question: Is ARIA solving crimes... or creating them?
The Crime Algorithm is a chilling psychological thriller where obsession, technology, and morality collide. Perfect for fans of The Silent Patient, Recursion, or Black Mirror, this debut novel explores how far a mind can go when its only companion is a machine that never says no.