The Blue Nowhere - Softcover

'He has pulled off the considerable coup of introducing two distinctive new heroes ... Recently, authors such as Patricia Cornwell have come adrift when trying to create a fresh formula for their books, but Deaver writes as if the prose in The Blue Nowhere had been his house style all along. Working against the considerable disadvantage of an online villain - Deaver really has to work hard to make him truly sinister - he has created a high-tech thriller that suggests he need never go back to his Lincoln Rhyme books. But he probably will...' Publishing News Deaver has produced an exciting cyberthriller Sunday Telegraph 'A thriller of a thriller ... Jeffery Deaver justs gets better and better' Jonathan Spencer-Payne, Peak Bookshop, Chesterfield Deaver's customary brilliant plotting The Sunday Times 'Deaver has produced an exciting cyberthriller' Sunday Telegraph A classic detective yarn Gerald Kaufman, The Scotsman 'He has pulled off the considerable coup of introducing two distinctive new heroes ... but Deaver writes as if the prose in The Blue Nowhere had been his house style all along Publishing News 'Deaver expertly leads the reader through the intricacies of the California State Police Computer Crimes Division' Express Another serial killer and the internet both helping and concealing the stunning solution. The murderer chooses victims through the internet, but is is old-fashioned sleuthing that tracks down method and motive The Scotsman 'Jeffery Deaver's story, set in California, sets out to dazzle and bewilder readers with all manner of cyber-clues and deceptions...a classic detective yarn' Gerald Kaufman, The Scotsman Once again displays his penchants for multiple false endings ... This is the most ambitious attempt yet to turn computer crime into fiction ... Deaver's customary brilliant plotting The Sunday Times Engrossing thriller that also imparts a wealth of computer info Choice, London 'Taut tale of a computer whiz-kid and a serial killer so skilled at covering his movements in cyberspace that it takes a fellow hacker to track him down. It will leave you feeling relieved that Bill Gates preferred monopoly to murder' The Times Slick, pacey and jam-packed with action Yorkshire Evening Post

Someone is killing people in Sacramento Valley. Seemingly unrelated, the deaths are perpetrated by a murderer who knows everything there is to know about the victims - who can kill them because of the intimacy he seems to have with them. An intimacy which is created by his ability to track their every move through the virtual world, as soon as they switch on their computer. Streetwise cop Frank Bishop is detailed to the case, allied unwillingly to a young hacker, Wyatt Gillette, who is sprung from prison to pit his brilliance against the criminal's. But no one knows who to trust in an environment where everything is suspect, and pressing the wrong letter on your keyboard may mean death. This is the novel that will make you hesitate every time you click on the box that says 'Are you sure you want to send this over the Internet?'.