When I received Simon Graves and the School of Casual Invisibility from LibraryThing Early Reviewers, I had no idea what to expect but I gotta say, this has to be the most fun I’vve had reading a whodunnit in, well, forever. Set in a not-too-distant non-dystopian future, where androids called simdroids are built to look like famous people like Morgan Freeman, the police have a very unusual case of murder to deal with. Both the victims and the murderer are invisible, not that murder or invisibility are unusual in this future but they don’t usually happen together. Now, you’re probably asking how can one murder someone who is invisible. Well, all I can say, you’ll have to read the book to find out. ( )

I was able to read this ebook for free with the Early Reviewer program from LibraryThing.

Simon Grave was a pleasant surprise. Small chapters, concise story, well paced and some suspense.
Only after a few pages did I notice that this was the 5th book in a series. However, it was very easy to get involved in the 2054 universe with drones and invisible schools and murdered people.
I really loved the final explanation and the story in general is very clear and well written.

I'm off to read the rest of the series. ( )

---Disclaimer: I received a copy of this as an Early Reviewer. No compensation was received other than the chance to read this book for free---

What a well written mysterious book! That is exactly how one would feel right from the first chapter.

Len Boswell has not only created another Simon Grave mystery but given the readers a bunch of Drones to ponder over, while they hover and do our work!

While I read this piece as a part of Early Reviewer's copy, I was also narrating the excerpt where a mobile is replaced by a drone hovering a few meters above you and working like an assistant, to my partner. It was not only interesting to imagine but also hilarious to see even Drones can join the gossip culture!

The story revolves round the discovery of murdered victims, one after the other, but neither of them are visible. The fact that visibility itself is subject to perception in our current world, imagine an era somewhere in 2054 where becoming invisible is taught in a school, is easy to learn and can be misused. Here comes the next question, how will the police Or regulatory authority find a killer who is also invisible ? What if the enemy country intrudes in an invisibility cloak?

While I leave the readers to discover what happens, I would say this book made me laugh at times when it came to dialogues between our Larry -The God turned Forensic Psychologist, not to forget his reactions at being called Huckleberry.

Overall, this is a fun to read book, short enough to finish, not dragging at all and can be enjoyed by a vast category of readers from young adults to aged ones like us! ( )