England's answer to Michael Crichton
Financial Times
I loved <i>Gridiron. </i>It is truly original disaster novel with a theme that is awesome
- Ruth Rendell,
Brilliant thriller about a computerised building that turns into a killing machine
Independent
Kerr paces the action, teases and controls... The novel is all the more powerful for being close enough to contemporary truth for this skillful writer to engender a real sense of horror... Severely frightening
- Frances Fyfield, Daily Telegraph
Ingeniously gruesome... I found myself turning the pages in feverish anticipation
The Times
Los Angeles, 1988
Ray Richardson, a brilliant architechnologist, has created a dazzling new building: 'The Gridiron', in the heart of L. A.
The Gridiron represents the state-of-the-art in smart buildings: every aspect of the building, from temperature control to security, is controlled by an intricate computer system. On the eve of the building's official opening, a team gathers to put the finishing touches to Ray's new masterpiece. But there are a couple of unexplained deaths, which the team at first puts down to saboteurs. It is only when they discover how bizarre these deaths are that they realise the building - through its computer - is controlling them, and is set to destroy its creators.
Los Angeles, 1988
Ray Richardson, a brilliant architechnologist, has created a dazzling new building: 'The Gridiron', in the heart of L. It is only when they discover how bizarre these deaths are that they realise the building - through its computer - is controlling them, and is set to destroy its creators.