Book details of 'Digger'

Title	Digger
Author(s)	Kenneth Goddard, Ken Goddard
ISBN	0553289829
Language	English
Published	April 1991
Publisher	Bantam Books

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
This is a nice conspiracy thriller, with CIA plots gone horribly wrong, political office games that leave real bodies lying around, and cops falsely accused of everything from murder to jaywalking. The plot twists are a little convoluted for my taste (as a whodunnit, the book doesn't even pretend to play fair), but it's a good read nonetheless. What gets it into this series, of course, is the use of technology. The use of computers is fairly central to the plot, though it isn't absolutely necessary. Computers are used as a means of communications, and could have been replaced by something else. Refreshingly, the author seems to actually know how to use a computer. The uses are realistic, and the references make sense. The material isn't detailed, but it isn't jarringly out of place, either. The security loopholes of garage door openers, mag stripe cards, and other common items are reasonably realistic, although they do occasionally go a bit too far. Ironically, it is probably the two points that the author most wants to use for the story that are the weakest. The computer "network" that is set up is supposed to prevent people from tracing calls or otherwise finding one individual. In fact, the communications would rely on direct calls, and so would be as easy to trace as any other phone calls. In addition, the use of a "chat" function is supposed to hide the identity of the caller, and allow a masquerade to go undetected. As with "For the Sake of Elena" (see reviews), at least one of the characters would be skilled enough in chatting to spot the substitution. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996
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