Golden State

Golden State by Ben Winters is an ambitious and frighteningly timely novel set in a world where everything is recorded and no one can be trusted. For anyone who loved The Handmaid's Tale, The Power and Station Eleven.\nWelcome to Golden State, where the biggest crime you can commit is to lie.\nThis is the last remaining safe haven after the erosion of truth changed the world as we know it.\nLaz Ratesic is a 19-year veteran of the special service that polices the State. He is one of the few individuals allowed to speculate on what might have happened when a crime is committed.\nWhen a man falls from a roof in suspicious circumstances, it sets in motion a terrifying series of events which will change Laz’s view of the world for ever.\nBecause when those in control of the truth decide to twist it, only those with the power to ask questions have the means to fight back.