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Fatal Encryption

Debra Purdy Kong
Gypsy Moon Press (2008)
ISBN 9780969921110
Reviewed by Tina Avon for RebeccasReads (8/08)

Fatal Encryption, written by Debra Purdy Kong, opens with a murder and non-stop action, which kept me glued to the edge of my seat for the whole ride!  I read right through 159 pages before I convinced myself to put the book down and go to bed.

I love that this author has figured out that a thrilling opening chapter is important in this kind of storyline.  I hate reading thrillers that don't get to where they need to be until the end of the book!!!!  No worries here.

Our wonderful main character, Alex Bellamy, is not doing all that great and is doing some serious thinking about his life.  But along comes a challenge and, thank goodness, some money.  His help is needed in catching a computer prankster (or is it?) at a local department store.  Alex signs on, but he ends up signing on for more than he bargained for.  The department store is being threatened by this so-called prankster, and if the store does not turn over 10 million dollars, all the data and its systems will be forever encrypted.  Alex finds himself involved in corruption, deceit and murder and it is clear to him that his time is limited.  He needs to figure out who is behind this threat and he needs to do it soon.

Alex is a flawed character, and I loved him. Its a nice change of pace to have a main character who is ordinary, one that is not written as some sort of superhero who comes in at the eleventh hour to save the day by simply putting two and two together and getting this impossible solution. 

I also loved the pace of this book, it’s non-stop action from beginning to end, and I can honestly say that there is not one wasted moment.  About one quarter through the book, I thought I had it figured out, and I was completely wrong!  Although the suspense was killing me, I had no desire to jump ahead and was happily zipping through page after page.

The only negative comment I have about the book is its cover: it just did not grab me at all.

I am glad that I have discovered a new author and Debra Purdy Kong is a name I will be searching for in the future.

  

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