Synopses & Reviews
Nat Idle, a San Francisco writer with a medical degree, narrowly survives an explosion in an Internet cafe after a stranger hands him a note warning him to exit immediately.
The handwriting on the note belongs to his deceased girlfriend, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist whom he has obsessively been mourning. So begins Hooked, a pop thriller for the Internet Age, written with the force of an adrenaline rush and the pace of an intimate email dispatch you can't stop reading. Each chapter of this novel will keep readers hooked as Nat Idle searches for the love of his life in the midst of manipulation and conspiracy.
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"[A] thought-provoking, authoritative first novel." Bookreporter.com
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"More a quirky, character-driven story than a thriller, the novel bogs down in the sheer obviousness of the tale and lack of legitimate plot twists." Library Journal
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"[F]illed with knowing insights about San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the wired-wireless world....[M]any readers will happily suspend disbelief and simply enjoy the yarn." Booklist
Synopsis
From New York Times reporter Richtel comes this psychological thriller for the Internet age, written with the force of an adrenaline rush and the pace of an intimate email dispatch.