Description: Max Fried
and his wife retire to New Smyrna Beach, Florida [east of Orlando].
Max was a computer forensic examiner before he retired. He meets an
attorney who asks him to help find the assets of a deceased client.
Max searches the client's computer, but finds more than he bargained
for when everyone who knows what Max has discovered, ends up dead,
and now the killer is after him.
Plot: Max obtains the
deceased client's computer and finds bank info, emails, etc. Quite a
bit of description of how to break into someone's computer. In fact,
lots of techno info in this story. Someone, presumably the killer,
tosses Max's house, spies on him, and assaults him, looking for
something. Near the end of the book, Max figures out what the killer
is looking for, which leads him to figuring out who the killer is. A
bit of humor, a light read.
Characterization: The
characters are reasonably developed and had their own personalities.
Most characters were described in a similar fashion, height, weight,
hair color, etc. Would have been good for a little variety in
descriptions.
Setting: Beach town of
New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The descriptions were good, I was able to
picture every scene without it being over-described.
Other: This appears to
be a self-published book, and did need a better editor [a few typos
and grammar issues, not too many but sometimes distracting]. But the
quality of the story was equal to many traditionally published books,
in my opinion.
Overall: A good, light
mystery. Funny in places. I would read more by this author.
Grade: B+
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