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One of the cool things about being around the mystery community for a while is the pleasure of seeing a writer "make it"; to see someone that you feel has talent who just isn't getting enough attention finally succeed. (And let me tell you, it helps make up for all the writers who are dropped who deserve publication). One of those who has most assuredly made it is Jeffery Deaver. I met Jeff Deaver back in 1993, well before he signed his first major blockbuster contract - before Lincoln Rhymes, before Denzel Washington made a movie based on his book. And even back then, Deaver had a diverse number of books out, including the Rune series and some excellent stand-alones. As the years passed, man-oh-man, psychological thrillers, legal thrillers, all sorts of books came out from Deaver. I even chased down the "William Jeffries" location scout books (now being reissued under Deaver's name). The latest knock-out mystery from Jeff Deaver is The Blue Nowhere, which, once again, is unlike anything he's written to date. The protagonist is Wyatt Gillette, serving a prison sentence for computer hacking. More than anything, what impresses me about Deaver is his wide range of knowledge and his research. From his awareness of American Sign Language, movie-making, disreflexia, psychosis, and now computers - the internet, hacking and accessing information, the guy does his homework. In Blue NowhereGillette is the only person who can find a shadowy frightening computer junkie who apparently is seeing computer games as real life. Wyatt is brilliant, and is working with a group of cops, some of whom are the best computer cops there are. I found the story totally believable, and compelling. Of course, I'm no more of a computer expert than I am a cop, but I bought the story. Blue Nowhere, like Deaver's other high-octane books, is hard to put down. Wyatt is an anti-hero, who lost his marriage to his obsession with computers; even when he is trying to reconcile with her, he admits to hacking into her email. But he's up against someone far scarier than he is - it's a modern tale of taking a thief to catch a thief. -- http://www.drizzle.com/~roscoe/tshirts.html - Sherloc kian, Wodehousian & more
Reviewed by Andi Shechter, March 2001
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