The China Conspiracy [Paperback]

P. M. Terrell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 23, 2003

Kit Olsen has fallen into a routine as a 17-year veteran programmer/ analyst for the CIA, wife to an increasingly absent husband, and mother to 16-year-old Tim. Then two of her fellow programmers are abducted and murdered, and her son is kidnapped. The ransom: a program written in Mandarin that was covertly intercepted by the CIA. Now in an effort to ransom her son, she is swept into a dark underworld filled with crosses and double-crosses, where no one can be trusted and nothing is as it seems. Kit knows the answer lies in breaking the Mandarin code, which leads to a political bonfire that she never could have imagined.

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This author has moved into the front ranks of the chiller thriller genre, right up there beside James Patterson! -- Rebecca Brown, author of Standing the Watch

Product Details

• Paperback: 349 pages
• Publisher: Palari Publishing; 1ST edition (March 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972818634
• ISBN-13: 978-0972818636
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,132,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Computer Caper Chaos, April 3, 2003

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Rebecca Brown "rebeccasreads" (Clallam Bay, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The China Conspiracy (Paperback)

P. M. Terrell, author of the wildly successful KICKBACK, is back with another hair-raising, fast-paced thriller pitting a savvy programmer, a tv news reporter out of his depths, & an enigmatic Chinese-American translator against a dogged police inspector, a newly elected politician & the shadow men of the CIA & FBI.

From a news conference with a governor-elect who has a strange reaction to the phrase "starving children in China," to a ski resort in a blizzard where snow plows unearth a corpse, to an inner chamber where computer printouts of a super-secret program must be decoded, to an inauguration on the steps of a state's Capitol, to clandestine meetings and security lockdowns, THE CHINA CONSPIRACY winds the excitement tight, as Kit Olsen & her amateur team pursue the conspirators who have put the results of a recent election in doubt.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Look out Grisham!, September 26, 2005

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E. Dian Moore (Moundsville, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The China Conspiracy (Paperback)

Kit Olson is a top-notch computer programmer. She's so good, her employer, the CIA, pulls her into a top-secret project. Her task? To interpret a computer program written in Chinese and find its purpose. She soon discovers that the code is simple, designed to count. But if it's that simple, why are the people who worked on it before her dead?

The stakes rise immediately as Kit's son is kidnapped, and she is coerced into providing information on the program. Discredited by certain government officials and implicated in the murders of former coworkers, Kit seemingly has nowhere to take the evidence she discovers of what the computer program really does: inaccurately count votes, which results in the election to office of certain people who have the best interests of China in mind.

In a wild race to expose the program before the winner of one of its vote tallies is sworn into office, Kit finds herself making desperate moves and trusting the wrong people. A superb twist brings together all of the plot elements at the end.

China Conspiracy can be best described as taking a heart-pounding ride on the hair-raising turns of a roller coaster.

Author Patricia Terrell, or p.m. terrell, heats up the suspense and increases the temperature degree by excruciating degree. An expert in the computer field herself, Terrell brings authenticity and an insider look at the way things work behind the scenes in the government. Her clients have included the US Secret Service, CIA and the Department of Defense, as well as various local law enforcement agencies.

China Conspiracy is the second in a series of suspense/thriller books with strong female heroines well-versed in the various positions in the technology world.

Terrell wastes no words as she brings to life the peril and suspense her characters face. Strong dialogue and vivid characters, coupled with detailed setting, work seamlessly to fill the pages of China Conspiracy. The author has effortlessly set herself at the top of the ranks of suspense writers.

5.0 out of 5 stars The China Conspiracy, September 4, 2007

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Anne K. Edwards "AKE" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The China Conspiracy (Paperback)

Could there be a plot to help the Chinese take control of our government? Just how hard would that be? Could it be prevented once started? What would happen to our nation if they won? The Chinese Conspiracy brings such possibiloity into 'could-happen' as an unexpected win puts an unknown into the governor's chair in Virginia. He reveals quickly his agenda of forging close ties with communist China. The story begins with the disappearance of two CIA employees and a trap set for a third, Kit Olsen. Will it force her into the arms of the enemy? Or will she be able to withstand the pressures and threats they can exert on her. When her son is kidnapped, she is forced to face the desperation of the situation. Carter Leigh is a newspaper man of some experience and resents being sent to interview the new governor who reacts sharply to some inadvertent statement Carter makes. This gives Carter an idea there may be a story behind that reaction. Kit and Carter wind up working together to rescue her son and keep him safe. Kit discovers how the new governor won his election. How many others in the country have also been the victors in rigged elections? Can they stop it from going further? Who can she trust? This is a story that will hold your interest all the way through. The characters are lifelike, each driven by necessity or protecting ones they love or by motives of greed or power. One will remember The Manchurian Candidate, but this is a more complex story. There are many questions to answer as the story unfolds and more forming as Kit and Carter try to unscramble the mess. Highly recommended as an enjoyable read, one that will make you wonder about the usefulness of some technology and just where our society really is headed. Lots of tension, lots of movement, never duoll. Enjoy. I sure did.