Funk Rating: 9 out of 10
I put Connelly on my top 5 NYT Bestseller authors list. Potentially even #1, but Lee Child is right there with him... And of course early Ludlum is tough to beat... So call him top 2 of the 21st century :)
Sometimes he writes so pure and so well that I can't imagine them being any better. Others of his books are simply outstanding. This is one of those simply outstanding books.
I can't jump up and down and say "YOU GOTTA READ THIS! YOU GOTTA READ THIS!" on this one. Partly because I know a little too much about technology, so when an author takes license with the tech for the sake of the story, it just doesn't quite work. But, all that said, even though this isn't Bosch level stuff, this is a really darn good book. He brings a little new media vs. old media to bear, and he brings a lot of "a black hat hacker can do some real damage in today's connected world" into the book. In some authors hands, this would be a recipe for disaster. But he pulls it off and it's a fun read.
If you like any of Connelly's work, this one needs to be in your bag.
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