The Demolished Man

Name: The Demolished Man
Author: Alfred Bester
ISBN: 9780671820466

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How would a hugely wealthy man commit murder when the police are all telepaths? Ben Reich is the wealthy and powerful owner of the Sacrament Companies. His greatest rival is Craye D'Courtney, owner of the D'Courtney Cartel. However, the Sacrament Companies are in trouble and Reich hopes to merge with the D'Courtney Cartel. After sending a message to Craye D'Courtney requesting a merger of their two conglomerates, and being rejected, Reich decides to murder the other man. But how do you murder someone when the police are all telepaths? And in a world where ESP is commonplace enough that psychic accountants and secretaries and psychiatrists are all members of a professional guild and are often tasked to be a step ahead of their normal bosses and patients, how can Reich – a normal – possibly carry out his evil intentions while simultaneously being cripplingly haunted by nightmares of The Man With No Face! As with all premeditated murder, one thing was unpremeditated. Could Reich, with his riches — and a crooked Esper— correct it quickly enough? At each step, Reich defeated the Esper sleuth, but there was a peeper trick left — the biggest and the most daring — and the deadliest of all!

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