FICTION

Run

by Andrew Grant
Ballantine. Oct. 2014. 288p. ISBN 9780345540720. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780345540744. F
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The week starts badly for skilled computer consultant Marc Bowman and goes downhill from there. On Monday morning, Marc's contract with tech giant AmeriTel, where his wife Carolyn works as an executive, is abruptly canceled. Soon more than his job is at risk, and he's fighting to keep his reputation, marriage, and life. Carolyn leaves the house after an argument, their home is burglarized, and two men supposedly from Homeland Security (headed by collegial McKenna and aggressive Peever) are after Marc and the two memory sticks of data that he almost inadvertently took from AmeriTel. At issue is a sophisticated, heuristic virus aimed at the White House, for which Marc is being blamed.
VERDICT Grant's first stand-alone, after three thrillers featuring British naval intelligence officer David Trevellyan (More Harm Than Good; Die Twice; Even) is a pulse-pounding technothriller. Don't look for personal relationships in these pages; although Marc is humanized by his admiration for artist Roy Lichtenstein, aspects of his marriage strain credulity. But for sheer nonstop action and suspense in the Harlan Coben mode, Grant ranks high, with another page-turner here. [Library marketing.]
Reviewed by Michele Leber, Arlington, VA , Jul 01, 2014
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