Checkmate, A Deadly Game of Cyber Espionage

By Mary Jane Forbes
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Published: Aug. 07, 2011
Words: 60,707 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466023499

Short description

When a computer hacker suggests a game of chess, no one wants to play his game. With millions at stake, Brenda, a computer forensic scientist, and Fred the detective on the case, put their heads together. Searching for answers, along the way will they find love?

Extended description

Brenda Kittles left her rookie job with Homeland Security for Daytona Beach, Florida, to head up computer security for Stone & Associates, a prestigious architectural firm that recently won a coveted contract for an oceanfront multiplex development.

S&A’s long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony for the development abruptly ends when a group of demonstrators interrupt the festivities and a storage shed explodes. A short time later, S&A’s employees learn that a body has been discovered behind a dumpster near their building. S&A’s President, Russell Stone, is a tough businessman still reeling from his wife’s murder a few months earlier. In a meeting with firm partner Catherine Hainsworth, he reveals his plans to retire and hand her the reigns of his firm. Destined to be a force in the business world, Catherine immediately seizes an opportunity to develop a cybercafé franchise.

The turmoil reaches a fevered pitch when a computer hacker obsessed with the game of chess succeeds in .. (Read more) Brenda Kittles left her rookie job with Homeland Security for Daytona Beach, Florida, to head up computer security for Stone & Associates, a prestigious architectural firm that recently won a coveted contract for an oceanfront multiplex development.

S&A’s long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony for the development abruptly ends when a group of demonstrators interrupt the festivities and a storage shed explodes. A short time later, S&A’s employees learn that a body has been discovered behind a dumpster near their building. S&A’s President, Russell Stone, is a tough businessman still reeling from his wife’s murder a few months earlier. In a meeting with firm partner Catherine Hainsworth, he reveals his plans to retire and hand her the reigns of his firm. Destined to be a force in the business world, Catherine immediately seizes an opportunity to develop a cybercafé franchise.

The turmoil reaches a fevered pitch when a computer hacker obsessed with the game of chess succeeds in gaining access to the firm’s network. Now, Brenda Kittles, while fending off a detective’s romantic advance, must determine the hacker’s identity, his intentions, and why millions of dollars are being deposited into the corporate bank account earmarked for the multiplex—all before the hacker finishes his dirty deeds.
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computer architecture mouse cyber cafe cyber crime daytona beach florida beads handicap veteran dog chess king rook

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