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Silicon Valley #2

by Sally Chapman

Trading her high-tech, high-stress Silicon Valley career for her own computer fraud investigations agency, Julie Blake embarks on her first case: the disappearance of Arnie Lufkin, a renegade programming genius and suspected embezzler.

Julie and her partner/lover, Vic Paoli, have barely agreed to take the case when her system is broken into and a threatening message left on her screen. Scared, but with creditors snapping at her heels, Julie decides to dig deeper.

A foray into virtual reality proves that not only is the missing Lufkin, a brilliant man, but a dangerous, egocentric manipulator. Wherever he is, Lufkin is playing deadly games, making murder a reality.

Genres: Mystery

Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Nancy H · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good mystery set at the beginning of the development of Virtual Reality programming.

[Leslie aka StoreyBook Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the 2nd in a series about Juliet Blake, a computer programmer in Silicon Valley. She and her boyfriend have just started a computer company and are hired to find a VR progammer that has jumped bail. Along the way they find several dead bodies and solve the question of "whodoneit"

I liked this book better than the first one. The first one was good but this one was better. The characters seemed more developed and the storyline flowed well.

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good. Virtual reality, computer crime.
Good character, Julie Blake.

[Susan R · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun read!