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* ComputerEqualsMonitor: Averted; at the climax, Zeller recognizes that a computer is turned on but the monitor isn't.
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* ComputerEqualsMonitor: Averted; at the climax, Zeller recognizes that a computer is turned on but the monitor isn't. That clues him in to something being amiss.
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** How Pierce confirms that Zeller was the bad guy: he knew the combination to the lab.
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* ComputerEqualsMonitor: Averted; at the climax, Zeller recognizes that a computer is turned on but the monitor isn't.
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** How Pierce confirms that Zeller was the bad guy: he knew the combination to the lab.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Henry Pierce's defining characteristic, from unplugging his dial-up connection from his computer to saving all of his emails.
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** There is a {{Lampshaded}} quote from ''Film/MillersCrossing''.
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* EurekaMoment: After some internal IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect processing, Pierce arrives at the conclusion to who was framing him in a "moment of clarity."
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* EurekaMoment: After some internal IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect processing, Pierce arrives at the conclusion to who that Nicole was framing him in a "moment of clarity."" Turns out he's wrong about Nicole, but he has another one later that's right, [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee because we aren't privy to his thoughts that time]].
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* InternalReveal: Until more than three-quarters of the way through the book, Lilly is only missing. Then Pierce finds the freezer.
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* BlandNameProduct: Averted. Lucy [=LaPorte=] likes Domino's Pizza, which saves Pierce a lot of dialing.
* IndyPloy: Pierce comes up with the idea of finding Lucy [=LaPorte=] by calling Domino's on the fly, and it works on the second try.
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* MustStateIfYoureACop: Robin asks Pierce if he's a cop before inviting him up to her apartment.
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* MustStateIfYoureACop: Robin "Robin" asks Pierce if he's a cop before inviting him up to her apartment.
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* GenreSavvy: See SecretTestOfCharacter.
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: Nicole accuses Pierce of using sex as one, after he has told her about the FrameUp.
--> ''This was a test, wasn't it? Some sort of perverted test. You knew if I fucked you, then everything downstairs was a lie.''
--> ''This was a test, wasn't it? Some sort of perverted test. You knew if I fucked you, then everything downstairs was a lie.''
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* FrameUp: Pierce [[IdiotBall goes out of his way]] to make himself a patsy for Lilly's murder.
* GenreBlindness: Pierce ''clearly'' has no idea what kind of story he's involved himself with, and does practically everything possible to make it worse at practically every turn.
* GenreBlindness: Pierce ''clearly'' has no idea what kind of story he's involved himself with, and does practically everything possible to make it worse at practically every turn.
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* EurekaMoment: After some internal IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect processing, Pierce arrives at the conclusion to who was framing him in a "moment of clarity."
* FrameUp: Pierce [[IdiotBall goes out of his way]] to make himselfa an easy patsy for Lilly's murder.
murder, but it turns out to be an even bigger plan.
* GenreBlindness: Pierce ''clearly'' has no idea what kind of story he's involved himselfwith, in, and does practically everything possible to make it worse at practically every turn.
* FrameUp: Pierce [[IdiotBall goes out of his way]] to make himself
* GenreBlindness: Pierce ''clearly'' has no idea what kind of story he's involved himself
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* TitleDrop: Several before it finally gets explained for the reader: it's the pursuit of computing power so advanced it could fit the equivalent of a then-modern mainframe in the space of a dime.
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* TitleDrop: Several before it finally gets explained for the reader: it's the pursuit of computing power so advanced it could fit the equivalent of a then-modern mainframe in the space of a dime.
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Creator/MichaelConnelly's twelfth novel overall and second released in 2002. It is his fourth novel which does not feature Detective Harry Bosch as a main protagonist. The story is more [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture TechnoThriller]] than Connelly's past works, which in combination with Connelly's involvement with the TV series ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244627/reference Level 9]]'' and Harry Bosch retiring at the end of ''Literature/CityOfBones2002'', implied a GenreShift that never really materialized.
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Creator/MichaelConnelly's twelfth novel overall and second released in 2002. It is his fourth novel which does not feature Detective Harry Bosch as a main protagonist. The story is more of a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture TechnoThriller]] techno-thriller]] than Connelly's past works, which in combination with Connelly's involvement with the TV series ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244627/reference Level 9]]'' and Harry Bosch retiring at the end of ''Literature/CityOfBones2002'', implied a GenreShift that never really materialized.
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* ClearMyName: The plot pivots toward this when Renner sets his sights on Pierce for Lilly's disappearance.
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* ClearMyName: The plot pivots toward this when Renner sets his sights on Pierce for Lilly's disappearance.disappearance, and goes into high gear when Pierce discovers he's being [[FrameUp framed]].
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* GenreBlindness: Pierce ''clearly'' has no idea what kind of story he's involved himself with, and does practically everything possible to make it worse at practically every turn.
* HumanPopsicle: Of the DeadMansChest flavor: where Pierce discovers Lilly Quinlan's body.
* GenreBlindness: Pierce ''clearly'' has no idea what kind of story he's involved himself with, and does practically everything possible to make it worse at practically every turn.
* HumanPopsicle: Of the DeadMansChest flavor: where Pierce discovers Lilly Quinlan's body.
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Creator/MichaelConnelly's twelfth novel overall and second released in 2002. It is his fourth novel which does not feature Detective Harry Bosch as a main protagonist. The story is more [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture TechnoThriller]] than Connelly's past works, which in combination with Connelly's involvement with the TV series ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244627/reference Level 9]]'' and Harry Bosch retiring at the end of ''[[Literature/CityOfBones2002]]'', ''Literature/CityOfBones2002'', implied a GenreShift that never really materialized.
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Creator/MichaelConnelly's twelfth novel overall and second released in 2002. It is his fourth novel which does not feature Detective Harry Bosch as a main protagonist. The story is more [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture TechnoThriller]] than Connelly's past works, which in combination with Connelly's involvement with the TV series ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244627/reference Level 9]]'' and Harry Bosch retiring at the end of ''[[Literature/CityOfBones2002]]'', implied a GenreShift that never really materialized.
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* ContinuityNod: Janis Langwiser appears, having last been a character in ''Literature/ADarknessMoreThanNight'', and mentions both [[Literature/TheConcreteBlonde the Dollmaker case]] and Harry Bosch.
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* ClearMyName: The plot pivots toward this when Renner sets his sights on Pierce for Lilly's disappearance.
* ContinuityNod: Fewer than usual for Connelly. As with ''Literature/VoidMoon'', the casual reader may even miss the connections to the SharedUniverse, but they are present.
** Janis Langwiser appears, having last been a character in ''Literature/ADarknessMoreThanNight'', and mentions both [[Literature/TheConcreteBlonde the Dollmaker case]] and HarryBosch.Bosch, specifically stating that he had [[Literature/CityOfBones2002 just]] [[LateArrivalSpoiler retired]].
* ContinuityNod: Fewer than usual for Connelly. As with ''Literature/VoidMoon'', the casual reader may even miss the connections to the SharedUniverse, but they are present.
** Janis Langwiser appears, having last been a character in ''Literature/ADarknessMoreThanNight'', and mentions both [[Literature/TheConcreteBlonde the Dollmaker case]] and Harry
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** Dr. Seuss's ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho'' is a thematic element of Pierce's workplace.
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** Author Tom Wolfe gets a name check, in reference to a character's unusually stylized manner of dress.
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* AlliterativeName: Lucy [=LaPorte=] and [[UpToEleven of Louisiana]]. {{Lampshaded}} by Zeller.
** Detective Robert Renner.
** Detective Robert Renner.
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** Also Amedeo Avogadro, though he's only the source of Pierce's company's name, not a character.
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** Also [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amedeo_Avogadro Amedeo Avogadro, Avogadro]], though he's only mentioned as the source of Pierce's company's name, he's not a character.
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* AlliterativeName: Lucy [=LaPorte=]. [=LaPorte=].
** Also Amedeo Avogadro, though he's only the source of Pierce's company's name, not acharacter.character.
* AmateurSleuth: Molecular chemist Henry Pierce, Ph.D., of course.
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* AmateurSleuth: Molecular chemist Henry Pierce, Ph.D., of course.
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* ShoutOut: The name of Pierce's project, Proteus, is stated to be a reference to ''Film/FantasticVoyage''.
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* ShoutOut: The name of In-universe, Pierce's project, formula, Proteus, is stated to be a reference homage to ''Film/FantasticVoyage''.
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* ShoutOut: The name of Pierce's project, Proteus, is stated to be a reference to ''Film/FantasticVoyage''.
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* ShoutOut: The name of Pierce's project, Proteus, is stated to be a reference to ''Film/FantasticVoyage''.''Film/FantasticVoyage''.
* SpottingTheThread: Pierce's interview with Renner is an orgy of this trope, one after the other, with Pierce just barely talking his way out of it over and over.
* TitleDrop: Several before it finally gets explained for the reader: it's the pursuit of computing power so advanced it could fit the equivalent of a then-modern mainframe in the space of a dime.
* SpottingTheThread: Pierce's interview with Renner is an orgy of this trope, one after the other, with Pierce just barely talking his way out of it over and over.
* TitleDrop: Several before it finally gets explained for the reader: it's the pursuit of computing power so advanced it could fit the equivalent of a then-modern mainframe in the space of a dime.
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* ShoutOut: The name of Pierce's project, Proteus, is stated to be a reference to ''Film/FantasticVoyage''.
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