Brownies, Bodies, and Breaking the Code (Paperback)

~ J, L Wilson (Author)

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Jessie Patrokus has all the qualities that make a great software tester - she's diligent, she's curious and she doesn't give up. Those are just the qualities that might get her killed if she isn't careful. She'd just ventured into the dating world again after the death of her husband and had signed up with an online match-matcher, only to find a match who wouldn't take 'no' for an answer. To complicate matters, a colleague turns up dead from eating the brownies she brought to the company's Christmas potluck and now Jessie is in the middle of a murder case. Gus Colcannon, a new programmer at the company, starts to ask a lot of questions and Jessie gets suspicious. That's when she finds she may have uncovered a terrorist plot aimed at several airlines and Gus is an undercover FBI agent, sent to ferret out the truth. But Jessie's the only one who has the evidence to prove what's going on and she's been set up as bait in a trap. Did Gus set the trap? Or is someone else at the company out to get her? Now all Jessie has to do is dodge an email stalker, help unravel the clues that her murdered co-worker left her, and try to avoid falling in love with Gus. Well, two out of three ain't bad.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: The Wild Rose Press (June 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1601540787
• ISBN-13: 978-1601540782
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,038,292 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Could Not Put It Down!, September 14, 2009

By	ladizel - See all my reviews

Another fabulous book by JL Wilson! Normally, reading on the plane makes me sleepy, but not this one - I started reading on the flight from Tucson to Vegas and then again from Vegas to Nashville. I know absolutely nothing about computer programming, but this did NOT at all hinder understanding. Great story with interesting, likeable characters!

3.0 out of 5 stars This mystery was "jargoned to death", September 17, 2007

By	armchairinterviews.com (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

Jessie Patrokus has all the qualities that make a great software tester: she's diligent, she's curious and she doesn't give up. Those are just the qualities that might get her killed if she isn't careful.

Jessie just ventured into the dating world again after the death of her husband and had signed up with an online matchmaker, only to find a match who wouldn't take `no' for an answer. To complicate matters, a colleague turns up dead from eating the brownies she brought to the company's Christmas potluck, and now Jessie is in the middle of a murder case.

Gus Colcannon, a new programmer at the company, starts to ask a lot of questions and Jessie gets suspicious. That's when she finds she may have uncovered a terrorist plot aimed at several airlines, and Gus is an undercover FBI agent, sent to ferret out the truth. But Jessie's the only one who has the evidence to prove what's going on--and she's been set up as bait in a trap. Did Gus set the trap? Or is someone else at the company out to get her? Now all Jessie has to do is dodge an email stalker, help unravel the clues that her murdered co-worker left her, and try to avoid falling in love with Gus.

I found it difficult to get really into this book. It has a really great mystery, but I found it hard to understand a lot of the technical jargon that was used about computer programming. If you're a computer programmer, then this book should be right up your alley. If not, you may find it a little hard to follow in some places.

Armchair Interviews says: Overuse of computer jargon may lessen value of mystery for some readers.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brownies, Bodies, and Breaking the Code, September 4, 2007

By	M. M. Wilson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was a fun read and kept my attention throughout. Great characters, good mystery, I could envision what was going on all of the time. I like the idea of a more "mature" heroine who has some experience to call on.