Another one of my charity shop finds, selected because of the blub on the back. Our main character Brigitte Sharp is an M16 computer hacker who is slowly getting back to normal after a field operation goes wrong. In her own opinion she isn't a 'Jane Bond' and she is far more comfortable behind a computer hunting the bad guys at distance. She is a bit of a loner and spends a lot of her time on the internet and in particular on message boards dedicated to the goth scene. She becomes intrigued by some ASCII art published in an obscure french language goth group which leads to a mole in the Exphoria project.



This was a pretty entertaining read but nothing ground breaking. I can't help but feel a bit tired of the amount of computer hackers in a similar mould as Lizbeth Salander appear in books these days. Bridge, as she likes to be known, works for the government instead of being a complete lone wolf but a lot of the other typical characterisations are there. I sussed out who the mole was very quickly but I am unsure if this was intentionally easy to demonstrate how inexperienced Bridge is in the field with real people. Overall it was a good book and I am a little disappointed there isn't a next one in the series yet. ( )