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This book just might scare you away from the Internet forever! Great story, intense suspense, keeps you guessing right til the end. Lots of technical computer jargon, but that's what I loved about it. I feel semi-educated as well as thoroughly entertained.

I thought it was a very successful thriller. It is not easy to craft a compelling story based on software and code issues but Deaver did. "Cryptonomicon," by N. Stephenson, and "Digital Fortress," by D. Brown, are the closest books I can think of to this type of story, but in terms of tightness of plot and ease of narration, I think "The Blue Nowhere" surpasses both. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Wyatt Gillette, hacker extraordinaire, is temporarily released from prison to help in a murder investigate with the California State Police Computer Crimes Unit (CCU). Serial killer, Phate, is also a very gifted hacker who has left reality behind and is bringing a computer game to the real world. THe idea of the game is to kill as many people as possible in a weeks time. The only catch is that the people must be very secure and basically untouchable. As each kill is completed, the next victim must be harder to access. Wyatt, Frank Bishop (homicide detective), and a small crew of CCU computer geeks, as well as, a few other detectives are working 24/7 to track and trace this brutal serial killer.

Phate (though totally nuts) is a brilliant tactician. He feints one way (false clues) and strikes the other way. He has thir entire team stepping, fetching and tripping over their own feet. Simply spectacular!

Jeffery Deaver has written a masterpiece along the lines of Dan Brown's Digital Fortress though the language is dummed down for us laymen. The intrigue is spellbinding which makes this book difficult to put down. The in depth computer speak (hackers language) bogs it down some but I found that this info isn't necessary to solving the mystery and skipped quite a bit of it. Great book.

cop nevel but with a lot of computer lingo. They provide a glossary for us "CIVILIANS" (non computer industry types)

Excellant book, edge of the seat page turner.