Mike Tanner rushes
to catch his flight from Los Angeles to Boston. Caught in a security
check, he’s afraid of missing his flight and grabs his laptop when
released by security. Mike is having a tough time. His business,
selling gourmet coffee to restaurants and coffee shops, is on the
brink of bankruptcy. His wife has left him and may want a divorce. If
that isn’t bad enough, when he get home he can’t open his laptop.
Then he sees a pink Post-It note with a password. This is definitely
not his computer.
Senator Susan
Robbins also discovers that she can’t open her laptop. There’s no
Post-It note. This is not her computer and to make
matters worse it’s loaded with top secret documents. If the person
who has her laptop opens it, and spreads the information around, it
could end her career.
The setup in this
novel is good. You can almost imagine the headlines in the newspaper:
secret documents, misuse of classified information, the Russians.
This story has everything. After the opening scenes where we meet
Mike, Senator Robbins, and Will, her right-hand man, the book
devolves into a chase scene. Mike is the prey and several forces are
in pursuit of the laptop.
The characters are
good, but not great. Mike is an average guy. He just wants to run his
business and get his wife back. Will loves the admiration he gets
from his work for the senator, but his decision making ability isn’t
up to the challenge of retrieving the laptop without serious
complications.
I enjoyed the book.
It’s a thriller that addresses some of the issues we all see in the
news such as the electronic surveillance of private citizens. It you
want a fast paced read that echoes the current political situation,
you’ll enjoy this book.
I received this book
from Net Galley for this review.
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