The Blue Nowhere

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Author: Jeffery Deaver
Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: May 2001
Length: 6 hours
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  • Book Rating: 4/5
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Overview

Jeffery Deaver, bestselling author of The Empty Chair and The Bone Collector, now turns to the labyrinthine world of cyberspace -- a world where the most powerful can lose their wealth, their minds, their lives with a hacker's touch of a button.

When a sadistic hacker, code-named Phate, sets his sights on Silicon Valley, his victims never know what hit them. He infiltrates their computers, invades their lives, and lures them to their deaths. To Phate, each murder is like a big, challenging computer hack: every time he succeeds, he must challenge himself anew -- by taking his methodology to a higher level, and aiming at bigger targets.

Desperate, the head of The California State Police Computer Crimes Division frees Wyatt Gillette, imprisoned for hacking, to aid the investigation -- against the loud protests of the rest of the division. With an obsession emblematic of hackers, Gillette fervently attempts to trace Phate's insidious computer virus back to its source. Then Phate delivers a huge blow, murdering one of the division's own -- a "wizard" who had pioneered the internet -- and the search takes on a zealous intensity.

Gillette and Detective Frank Bishop -- an old-school homicide cop who's accustomed to forensic sleuthing -- make an uneasy team. But with a merciless and brilliant killer like Phate in their crosshairs, and his twisted game reaching a fever pitch, they must utilize every ounce of their disparate talents to stop him.

Selected Reviews

the wild blue nowhere

by Lee Werley
  • Book Rating: 4/5

Great Listen

by RAnderson
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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Reviews (6)

the wild blue nowhere

Written by Lee Werley from Chapel Hill, NC on February 2nd, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

It was another murder mystery but with computer jargon. I almost understood everything but my nerd son helped me and I recommended the book to him. I like Deaver and this was not his best but I did enjoy it. High tech for me.

Great Listen

Written by RAnderson on January 25th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I am now a Deaver fan. I have added some of his other books to see where it goes. Keeps you on the edge of your seat.

The Blue Nowhere

Written by Frank Racioppi on December 3rd, 2005

  • Book Rating: 5/5

You do not have to be a computer nerd to again this novel. Deaver has fashioned a tightly scripted, fast pace suspense novel that uses technology as its fulcrum. His character of Wyatt Gillette is a fascinating young man with a computer addiction.

Choppy, Inconsistent, Boring

Written by Dan Pressley from Fort Worth, TX on September 14th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 1/5

This book might have been good had it not been the abridged version. The plot jumped so suddenly and things happened that made no sense. I thought perhaps I had just missed a part but going back to re-listen to the section, I found no explanation for it. There was just too much coincidence and unrealistic happenings in this book to the point that it got on my nerves. I finally had to stop listening and move on to another book.

Ble Nowhere

Written by Beth Paquette on May 29th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Okay this was not the best book by Jeffrey Deaver. I enjoyed the story to a point. Didn't leave much to the imagination or keep you guessing.

Blue Nowhere

Written by Dina Mac from Montebello, CA on March 13th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Not being a hacker, I didn't understand all of the computer wizardry, but I loved this book despite my inadequacies. Highly recommend it.

Selected Reviews

the wild blue nowhere

by Lee Werley
  • Book Rating: 4/5

Great Listen

by RAnderson
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Deaver, Jeffery

A former journalist, folksinger and attorney, Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author. His novels have appeared on a number of bestseller lists around the world, including The New York Times, The Times of London and The Los Angeles Times. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. The author of twenty-three novels and two collections of short stories, he's been awarded the Steel Dagger and Short Story Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association, is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the Year and is a winner of the British Thumping Good Read Award. His thriller The Cold Moon won a Grand prix from the Japanese

Adventure Fiction Association and was named Book of the Year by the Mystery Writers Association of Japan. He's been nominated for six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, an Anthony Award and a Gumshoe Award. He was recently shortlisted for the ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Best International Author.

His book A Maiden's Grave was made into an HBO movie starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin, and his novel The Bone Collector was a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. His most recent books are The Bodies Left Behind, The Broken Window, The Sleeping Doll and More Twisted: Collected Stories, Volume II. And, yes, the rumors are true, he did appear as a corrupt reporter on his favorite soap opera, As The World Turns.

Jeff is presently alternating his series featuring Kathryn Dance, who will make her appearances in odd number years, and Lincoln Rhyme, who will appear in even.