Love bytes Book

Sally Chapman's mysteries enliven the sometimes arcane world of computers with a dose of murder, romance, and good humor. In Love Bytes, the budding technology of "virtual reality" provides the key to a killer's motive. Julie Blake has resigned her position at ICI, a major Silicon Valley company, to found an investigative agency specializing in computer fraud. With her partner/amore Vic Paoli, Julie looks forward to the freedom from corporate politics and to the challenge of sleuthing. But jobs are few, money is tight, and when bail bondswoman Lorna Donatello walks in with a missing-person case, Julie and Vic jump at the chance to take it on. Tracing Arnie Lufkin is difficult, for the renegade programming genius and accused embezzler has concealed his tracks with a variety of tricks that baffle even Julie's expertise. When a murder is committed, the search intensifies for a criminal who is never what or where he seems to be. Mystery readers and computer buffs alike will enjoy Love Bytes, a delightful sequel to Raw Data, the first book to feature Julie Blake and Vic Paoli.