Murder in the Dark City is a Pulp fiction story set in the year 2300. The private detective is Blue Blaze a robot who like the robots of the future, is a former police detective who has been put out to pasture in a future United States in which there is no education, no jobs, and little hope except for the super rich. Blaze is hired to find out who killed the wealthy Everett Kristoff. As he follows the clues he finds the killer much closer and devious than ever could be imagined. This like the pulp of the 1930's set in the distant future. A science fiction story with a pulp fiction feel.