Kiss Me Twice
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"Kiss Me Twice" is a science fiction police procedural novella, by Mary Robinette Kowal. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction in June 2011.
When a police station is attacked and the computer storing the department's artificial intelligence is stolen, detective Scott Huang suspects a connection to a murder whose investigation the attack disrupted.
Reception
"Kiss Me Twice" was a finalist for the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novella,[1] the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 2011,[2] and the 2012 Locus Award for Best Novella.[3]
Ken Liu praised Kowal's "dialogue that sparkles with wit".[4] Jim C. Hines found the story reminiscent of the Elijah Baley stories, and lauded Huang as a "decent, determined, well-developed character who treats Metta [the AI] more like a partner than a machine".[5]