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Killer.App

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I usually read while working out on a stationary bike for 30 minutes. Anything to take my mind off exercise ... looking down while reading Killer.app, I saw that I had been at it for 50 minutes. I bought another copy for a friend, who went takeoff - landing on the redeye from LA to NY completely immersed. Excellent read.

This is a great read -- a fresh crime, and what diabolical minds at work. It makes the world of computers and the Internet very scary, and you'll think twice every time you use your credit cards from now on. Who is looking over your shoulder? It doesn't do anything for one's confidence in hospitals either. You don't want to put it down, but you don't want to finish it. The last two chapters are pretty bad -- perhaps the author was tired -- but I can't blame her. She served up quite a story earlier

Once you accept the absurd premise that a major corporation is run by brilliant amorals, this book takes you into a frightening world. I put a book down when the tension gets too great. Most books rate 2-3 put downs; this one I had to put down every 3-5 pages because the world it describes is so dangerous to our heroes. When the villains can alter any event, it makes it very difficult to see how the good guys can protect themselves. If anything, the ending is weak because the good guys succeed relatively easily. Tom Apple San Jos