Destroying Angel

This is a cyberpunk murder mystery set in the near future. It takes place in a decrepit San Francisco about mid-21^st century. The best thing about this book was that there wasn't a lot of jargon and the number of characters wasn't astronomical, like the last cyberpunk book I read. The worst part of the book was that it had no tension, no development of or insight into the character of the killer. The main narrative follows the ex-cop named Tanner who is tracking down a lead into the identity of the killer. A secondary narrative follows a street punk named Sookie who for some reason begins to follow Tanner. We get nothing on the killer until the very end. I was bored by the lack of tension and action, but still impressed that what was there was written pretty well. This book was nominated for an Arthur C. Clarke Award back in '93.

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