Phillip Finch (1948–2012)

It's hard for me to believe this book has an average rating of 4.8 stars on Amazon. Technothriller, where a killer uses executable programs nested in a computer game (like Doom) to track down people who have reacted negatively to the killer's ranting post on an Internet chat board. Too many names/people to follow, with their real names and their handles. The showdown was pretty good, estranged couple, teenage hacker, and the maniac on an island in the San Francisco Bay. Finch was definitely ahead of his time as this was published January 1, 1997.… (more)

I enjoyed this international thriller, set in the Phillipines, although it is hard to dispute the criticism that the book is formulaic. A young Philippine girl is offered a job overseas and disappears immediately upon her arrival in Manila. Her distraught mother contacts a friend's son, who is part of a retired black ops team, who come to determine what has happened. A very sinister and horrifying criminal enterprise is operating, forcing the retirees back into the game, while struggling with the issues of justice, morality and karma.… (more)