Murder in the Solid State

David Sanger, an ambitious young physicist, attends a party at which a pompous older scientist, who just happens to have thrwarted the younger man's innovative ideas, is murdered. Suddenly it is not just David's career, but his life that is at stake. Are his ideas that important? Who's out to stop David from changing the world? Reviews "Exceptionally good. Besides being an excellent mystery, it is a convincing look at the near future of nanotechnology." -Vernor Vinge "McCarthy deftly blends...