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Author
Series
Jack McEvoy ; 2
Language
English
Description
Newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to use his final days at the LA Times to write the definitive murder story of his career. Focusing on the case of Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus and that the real killer is operating completely below police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him.
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Ellen Ullman is a "rarity, a computer programmer with a poet's feeling for language" (Laura Miller, Salon). The Bug breaks new ground in literary fiction, offering us a deep look into the internal lives of people in the technical world. Set in a start-up company in 1984, this highly acclaimed first novel explores what happens when a baffling software flaw-a bug so teasing it is named "the Jester"-threatens the survival of the human beings who created...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Finally Shannon Raine decides to stop speculating about her dark, brooding neighbour on California's rugged Mendocino coastline - and just introduce herself. But the last thing she expects to find in this enclave of artists and writers is a Silicon Valley mogul. Garth Sheridan is cool, sensual and intriguing. And immediately Shannon knows the passion that flares between them will become intense and all-consuming. But the more intimate their desire...
5) Harlequin
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
1974.
Language
English
Description
George Harlequin, head of an international merchant bank, is caught up in a sophisticated plot involving an international computer operation, an Israeli terrorist, an Arab political organization, hired killers and kidnappers. The action takes place in California, New York, Zurich and Mexico.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A tale of dirty tricks in Silicon Valley starring whiz kid Andy Caspar, who is given the job of designing a computer that could sell for under $300. Caspar recruits a team and begins working. As word spreads that the team is on the verge of a breakthrough, fellow whiz kids see it as a threat and proceed to torpedo the project. By the author of Bombardiers.
Author
Publisher
Villard Books
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles private detective Moses Wine has turned forty and is worried about his future. When Silicon Valley beckons, Moses jumps. He takes a position as head of security for the Tulip Computer Corporation and things start looking up: he gets a new car, a new house, and a new girlfriend. One thing stays the same, however--murder seems to follow him around. When one of Tulip's young geniuses is shot to death, Moses begins his investigation amid his...
9) Run: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Harlan Coben's Tell No One and Joseph Finder's Paranoia--a high-octane thriller featuring a tech consultant who unwittingly steps into the rabbit hole of corporate cover-ups--and finds that his highly demanding job has suddenly become highly dangerous. From Andrew Grant, the critically acclaimed author hailed by Nelson DeMille as "a little bit of le Carre and Ian Fleming, but with more grit and a sharper edge," comes a thrilling new novel...