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I’m a sucker for high-tech thrillers. This is a solid example of the genre. I recommend it.
The reviews at Amazon (links below) contain plot summaries, so rather than recap the story here, I’ll just mention two aspects of this book that make it memorable.
One, the characters are great: they’re believable, complex, and quirky.
Two, Deaver executes a couple of 180-degree plot twists that would have been inconceivable a few pages earlier. I won’t spoil any details… but if you like this sort of writing, Deaver delivers.
If you are technically literate, you may be bothered by some of the skills attributed to the two hacker characters, and by some of the technical explanations. I’m probably the worst sort of audience for these writers. Suspension of disbelief is a typical requirement for escapist fiction, though. The less believable moments did not hinder my enjoyment of the story; in fact, I found that Deaver’s work is among the more plausible I’ve read.
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