The Demolished Man

By Alfred Bester

Subjects: award:hugo_award=novel, Hugo Award Winner, award:hugo_award=1953, American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general

Description: In a world in which the police have telepathic powers, how do you get away with murder? Ben Reichs heads a huge 24th century business empire, spanning the solar system. He is also an obsessed, driven man determined to murder a rival. To avoid capture, in a society where murderers can be detected even before they commit their crime, is the greatest challenge of his life.