Downtime is a 1986 novel written by Peter Fox.
Plot summary Downtime is a novel in which science fiction is merged with private eye storytelling. Set in the future year of 2000 AD, it follows Lucius P. Finn, a licensed technological investigator, as he tackles a case of computer crime.
Reception Wendy Graham reviewed Downtime for Adventurer magazine and stated that "Not much of a thriller. Not good SF. Not much of anything really."
Reviews Review by Peter T. Garratt (1988) in Interzone, Spring 1988, (1988)https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?28191
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