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A review by jennifer_c_s
The Shadow Broker by Trace Conger
4.0
‘Working in this business is just like running a con. You find your mark, make your play and get out as quickly as you can.’
Finn Harding used to be a private investigator. Until he lost his licence. Now he works for a different kind of clientele – people who don’t care whether he’s licensed or not as long as he finds the people they are looking for. It’s a shadowy world: payments in cash and on the periphery of the law, but it pays the bills.
‘What’s the worst that could happen?’
But then Finn gets asked to find someone who is trying to take over a black market business in personal information brokerage. His success in finding this person leads to another job offer, and things quickly become dangerous, both for Finn, his ex-wife Brooke and daughter Becca. There are more than a few people in pursuit of Finn, from both sides of the law. Will one of them get to him before he works out exactly what is going on? Can he protect his family?
‘I am not sure the exact moment I became a criminal.’
This is a fast-paced crime thriller for modern times. Finn Harding reminds me of some of the private investigators from the hardboiled crime fiction around the 1940s, only updated for the 21st century. I liked the character and thoroughly enjoyed this story. Crimes thrillers which rely in part on the technical details of cyberspace can often lose momentum because of the need to explain how some aspects work. Trace Conger provided enough information for me to follow what is happening in the story, and mixed in enough action to keep it all interesting. There are some great characters in this story, including Finn’s father: a prototypical grumpy old man.
I believe that there will be more books in this series, and I’m looking forward to reading the next one.
Note: I was offered, and accepted, a copy of this book for review purposes.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
Finn Harding used to be a private investigator. Until he lost his licence. Now he works for a different kind of clientele – people who don’t care whether he’s licensed or not as long as he finds the people they are looking for. It’s a shadowy world: payments in cash and on the periphery of the law, but it pays the bills.
‘What’s the worst that could happen?’
But then Finn gets asked to find someone who is trying to take over a black market business in personal information brokerage. His success in finding this person leads to another job offer, and things quickly become dangerous, both for Finn, his ex-wife Brooke and daughter Becca. There are more than a few people in pursuit of Finn, from both sides of the law. Will one of them get to him before he works out exactly what is going on? Can he protect his family?
‘I am not sure the exact moment I became a criminal.’
This is a fast-paced crime thriller for modern times. Finn Harding reminds me of some of the private investigators from the hardboiled crime fiction around the 1940s, only updated for the 21st century. I liked the character and thoroughly enjoyed this story. Crimes thrillers which rely in part on the technical details of cyberspace can often lose momentum because of the need to explain how some aspects work. Trace Conger provided enough information for me to follow what is happening in the story, and mixed in enough action to keep it all interesting. There are some great characters in this story, including Finn’s father: a prototypical grumpy old man.
I believe that there will be more books in this series, and I’m looking forward to reading the next one.
Note: I was offered, and accepted, a copy of this book for review purposes.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith