The Blind Spots: The highly inventive near-future detective mystery from the acclaimed author of Darktown

A crime novel by Thomas Mullen, the acclaimed author of Darktown, follows a detective who investigates a series of murders where the only witness claims the killer was blacked out of her vision. The novel explores a world where a global event has blinded everyone, and technology has created a device that approximates vision.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 02 November 2023
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

"From the acclaimed author of Darktown comes the most visionary crime novel since Minority Report."

"It's rare to find a thriller with such a fantastic and original concept. I was gripped from the very first page." - Anthony Horowitz

In a world where a global event has blinded every person on the planet, one detective seeks a murderer who should not, cannot, exist.

Seven years ago, everyone in the world went blind in a matter of months. Technology helped people adjust to the new normal, creating a device that approximates vision, downloading visual data directly to people's brains. But what happens when someone finds a way to manipulate it and change what people see?

Homicide detective Mark Owens has been on the force since before The Blinding. When a scientist is murdered, and the only witness insists the killer was blacked out of her vision, Owens doesn't believe her - until a similar murder happens in front of him. With suspects ranging from tech billionaires to anti-modernity cultists, Owens must conduct an investigation in which he can't even trust his own eyes.

"Darktown is a terrific story, written with a ferocious passion that'll knock the wind out of you." - New York Times

"Fascinating, grim, and unsettling." - Guardian

"From the very first page of Darktown, I was stunned, mesmerized." - Attica Locke

Weight: 268g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780349145068