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Crimes Waiting to Happen

Don't worry! I'm not about to run out of computer crimes to review. There are enough in the hopper to guarantee that I can write two reviews a month for the next four years — and that's not counting new books on the horizon.

I have about a third of these on hand (they're marked with an *). Some may not pan out as computer crimes but you never know until you read them.

If you know of a computer crime — a mystery or thriller with computers integral to the plot — let me know at suives@texas.net.

Last updated:
20 September, 2005

Listed alphabetically by title. Date is date of publication.
  1. 12 Bliss Street, Martha Conway (2003)
  2. Angel's Bidding, Sharon Gwyn Short (1994)
  3. Atlantyx, Chase Dalton (2002)
  4. Bet Your Life, Richard Dooling (2003)
  5. Better Class of Murder, Joyce Christmas (2000)
  6. The Big Byte, Peter J.Ognibene (1984)
  7. The Big Casino by Kathy Warren (2001)
  8. Birds of Prey, Lawrence Kinsman (2002)
  9. *Black Money, Michael Thomas (1994)
  10. *Blind Trust, Linda Grant (1990)
  11. *Body Electric, Susan Squires (2002)
  12. Byte Me, Pauline Baird Jones (2001)
  13. Bull by the Horns, Ruth L. Fisher (2003)
  14. California Roll, Roger L. Simon (1985)
  15. Case of the Cyber-Hacker (Wishbone Mysteries No. 19), Anne Capeci (2000)
  16. Caught In The Shadows, C. A. Haddad (1994)
  17. Causes of Action, John A. Miller, (1999)
  18. Chameleon, William Diehl (1982)
  19. Cold Comfort, M. D. Lake (1990)
  20. Crossed Wires, John E. Simpson (1994)
  21. *Cutting Edge, Robert W. Walker (1997)
  22. Dataman, Tom Mitcheltree (1998)
  23. Dead Lines, Greg Bear (2004)
  24. The Death of Amy Parris, T.R. Bowen (1999)
  25. Death on Delivery, Daniel D. Ferry (2000)
  26. Death We Share, Sharon Gwyn Short (1995)
  27. *Designer Crimes, Lia Matera (1996)
  28. The Desperate Game, Jayne Castle (1986)
  29. The Dobie Paradox, Desmond Corie (1993)
  30. Double Attraction, Frank O. Zachery (2003)
  31. Double Tap, Steve Martini (2003)
  32. Double Vision, Randall Ingermanson (Nov. 2004)
  33. Dragonfly Bones, David Cole (2003)
  34. *Exposure, RJ Pineiro (1996)
  35. The Extremes, Christopher Priest (1999)
  36. Face Value, Lia Matera (1994)
  37. The Falls, Ian Rankin (2001)
  38. Fatal Image, Jim Hurst (1998)
  39. Final Account, Peter Robinson (October, 2004)
  40. A Fistful of Empty, Benjamin Schultz (1991)
  41. Forever Man, George Greider (2001)
  42. Game Plan, Charles Wilson (2000)
  43. Galatea 2.2, Richard Powers (1995)
  44. The Givenchy Code, Julie Kenner (2005)
  45. *The Grid, Philip Kerr (1995)
  46. Heart of Justice, William Jeremiah Coughlin (1990)
  47. Hope to Die, Lawrence Block (2002)
  48. Hope Will Answer, Susan B. Kelly (1992)
  49. I Seek You, Wayne Evans (2001)
  50. The Immortal Game, Mark Coggins (1999)
  51. *Interception, Graham Watkins (1997)
  52. The Interface Man, Bill Knox (1990)
  53. Intruder, Louis Charbonneau (1979)
  54. Kipper's Game, Barbara Ehrenreich (1993)
  55. *Last Best Thing, Patrick Dillon (1996)
  56. Lost Light, Michael Connelly
  57. Luci in the Ski, Chris Fox, (2002)
  58. *Manmade for Murder, David Burton (2000)
  59. Mind Games, Alan Brudner (2001)
  60. *Mirage: A Novel, F. Paul Wilson & Matthew J. Costello (1996)
  61. Mother of God, David Ambrose (1995)
  62. Monsieur Pamplemousse investigates: a gastronomic mystery, Michael Bond (1990)
  63. *Murder at the B-School, Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (2004)
  64. Murder Behind Locked Doors, Ellen Godfrey (1989)
  65. Murder in the Marketplace, Lora Roberts (1995)
  66. Murder in the Solid State, Wil McCarthy (1996)
  67. Nano, John Robert Marlow (2004)
  68. Net Blue, Glen C. ALlison (2004)
  69. Ninth Square, Gorman Bechard (1992)
  70. New Orleans Beat, Julie Smith (1994)
  71. New World, Gillian Cross (1995)
  72. Night Vision, Ronald Munson (1995)
  73. No Admission, Robert Winder (1989)
  74. Obituary Column, Rob Hall (2000)
  75. Pay Dirt, Rita Mae Brown (1996)
  76. The Physalia Incident, Art Spikol (1986)
  77. Poker Game, Fletcher Knebel, (1983)
  78. Prodigal Logic, Paul Petrucci (2003)
  79. Program for a Puppet, Roland Perry (1981)
  80. A Philosophical Investigation, Philip Kerr (1993)
  81. Programmed for Peril, C. K. Cambray (1994)
  82. Publish and Be Murdered, Ruth Dudley Edwards (1999)
  83. Radiant Cool, Dan Edward Lloyd (2004)
  84. Rising Sun, Michael Crichton (1992)
  85. Rune, Christopher Fowler (1992)
  86. Shadows behind a screen, Andrew Puckett (1998)(
  87. Shockwave, Colin Forbes (1990)
  88. Silent Witness: A Novel of Computer Crime, Edward Yourdon (1982)
  89. Single With Children (Harlequin Superromance, No 586), Connie Bennett (1994)
  90. Stickleback, John McCabe (1998)
  91. The Sure Thing, Warren Murphy (1989)
  92. Tell Me Your Dreams, Sidney Sheldon (1999)
  93. The Terminal Experiment, Robert J. Sawyer (1995)
  94. *Termination Node, Lois Gresh & Robert Weinberg (1999)
  95. Total Control, David Baldacci (1997)
  96. *Transmission, Hari Kunzru (2004)
  97. *The Transvection Machine, Edward Hoch, (1971)
  98. The Trapdoor, Hal Glatzer (1986)
  99. *Trojan Dog, Dorothy Johnston (2001)
  100. *Turing: A Novel About Computation, Christos H. Papadimitriou (2003)
  101. Turn of the Century, Kurt Andersen (1999)
  102. Ultimate Game, Don Pendleton (1998)
  103. *Utopia, Lincoln Childs (2003)
  104. The Very Bad Thing, Ned White (1986)
  105. The Virtual Boss, Floyd Kelmske (1993)
  106. Virus, William Harrington (1991)
  107. Vulture Capital, Mark Coggins (2002)
  108. Weatherspy, Philip Kerrigan (1990)
  109. Work, Death, & Taxes, Steven Propp (2000)
  110. Z4CK, Kevin Milne (2004)
  111. The Zero Hour, Joseph Finder, (1997)
  112. Zimmerman's Algorithm, S. Andrew Swann (2000)