Pissed off yet Steakbellie... this is yet another book I read on my two weeks away.
Henry Pierce is a hotshot scientist, focusing on the microscopic world of molecular electronics with the goal to create a supercomputer the size of a dime (hence the book's title) - and he's about to make a huge breakthrough that will advance the state of the art a long way towards that end.
Pierce gets dragged into some seriously crazy stuff.. involving prostitutes, porn, murder, blood... etc... etc... etc...
His life begins to unravel.
"Chasing the Dime" is something of a departure for Connelly, taking the reader not just away from the ongoing life of detective Harry Bosch, but also away from the gritty, noir world that most of his work inhabits.
The emphasis in this book is less on the physical and more on the mental.
Pierce is a brilliant man and he brings his considerable analytical skills as a scientist to bear in figuring out what is happening.
Although "Chasing" may not have the sheer intensity or moral poignancy of the best of Connelly's mysteries, it is still the kind of thriller that keeps your interest piqued, keeps the pages turning, and pays off with a satisfying conclusion.
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You only read 9 books this year? I've read 83 books this year already!
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