Taking Up Serpents by Ian Sutherland

Taking Up Serpents by Ian Sutherland

Would you kill yourself to save your loved one?

When Brody Taylor receives a 'death letter' from a fellow elite hacker, sent a week after his murder, its contents present Brody with an offer even he can't refuse. With the investigation being led by his girlfriend, DI Jenny Price, Brody faces an unexpected personal and professional conflict of interest. Meanwhile, unaware of the victim's true occupation, Jenny is stumped. How and why would a disabled Afghan War veteran be poisoned in his own home by one of the world's most deadly snakes?

Working side by side, but with very different objectives, Brody and Jenny uncover a global cyberterrorist conspiracy. To prevent the cyberweapon from releasing its deadly payload, Brody realises he'll need to lie to Jenny once again, knowing the truth will destroy their relationship. But with tens of thousands of innocent people scheduled to die within twenty-four hours, does he have any choice?

Forget nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The modern-day weapon of mass destruction is digital. And we're all at risk.

Sutherland, Ian: - Ian Sutherland was brought up in the Outer Hebrides, remote idyllic islands off the west coast of Scotland. In an effort to escape the monotonous miles of heather, bracken and wild sheep, Ian read avidly, dreaming of one day arriving in a big city like London. And then, at the tender age of twelve, he was unexpectedly uprooted to Peckham, an inner-city suburb of South-East London. Ian quickly discovered that the real London was a damn sight more gritty and violent than the version he'd read about in books and watched on TV. Undeterred, Ian did what he did best, and buried his head back in his books, dreaming of other places to escape to. Roll forward some years, and Ian can still be found with his head in a book. Or, given that he enjoyed a successful career in the IT industry, an eBook Reader. And now, having travelled a fair bit of the globe in person and even more of it via the internet, Ian lives in a small idyllic village, surrounded by green fields, copses and the occasional sheep, yet located just outside the London he finally came to love. Here, he writes gritty, violent crime thrillers full of well-rounded characters, set in and around London and its suburbs. His stories also feature the online world that most of us jump into blindly each day, but Ian exposes its dark underbelly and dramatically illustrates just how dangerous the internet can be for the unwary.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780993005633
ISBN 10	0993005632
Title	Taking Up Serpents
Author	Ian Sutherland
Series	Brody Taylor Thrillers
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Brookmans Books
Year published	2016-10-27
Number of pages	408
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.