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FATAL ENCRYPTION
ISBN #9780969921110
Trade Paperback - 370 pages
Available from amazon.com, amazon.ca, and Dead Write Books, www.deadwrite.com
Also available directly from author through PayPal. Just click the “Buy Now” button. For more information, contact Debra_Kong@telus.net
Dressed as Kermit the Frog on Halloween night, an unemployed Alex Bellamy wonders where his life went wrong. It could be worse. A few miles away, Zachary Ternoway is stabbed at his front door. In need of cash, Alex agrees to help catch a computer prankster at McKinleys’ Department Store. But things turn serious when someone vows to permanently encrypt the store’s data and torch the building unless ten million dollars is handed over in two weeks. Alex knows there’s a connection between the murder and the extortion threat, yet time’s running out. People are questioning his competency, and a killer’s threatening his life.
WHAT THE REVIEWERS SAY:
This is the second in Purdy Kong's Alex Bellamy mystery series. I always enjoy a well crafted, well written mystery novel and "Fatal Encryption" is one of them. Not only does it have a gripping plot and three dimensional characters, there is a well-woven subtext throughout. See if you can figure that ou while you try to identify the killer.
This is the type of book that makes you long for the next in the series as you approach the end - a page turner with more depth than most.-- Julie Ferguson
Debra Purdy Kong reprises her lead character, Alex Bellamy, in her book
Fatal Encryption. This book begins with a murder and Alex in a frog
costume. Alex takes a job at McKinleys' Department Stores as a system
analyst. Someone is threatening to encrypt their system permanently.
Alex delights in a challenge, but is he up to this one?
Debra Purdy Kong writes with a flair for technology. Fatal Encryption
has a timely plot. The thought of Alex in a frog costume brings humor
and depth to his character. This is an entertaining read. Mystery
readers will love it. -- Debra Gaynor, ReviewYourBook.com
A non-geeky computer mystery, well, at least a minimally geeky computer
mystery. Alex Bellamy, AKA Kermit the Frog on Halloween night is only a
few miles away from where Zachary Ternoway is stabbed at his front door.
Alex is hired to help catch a computer prankster at McKinleys'
Department Store. It gets serious when the cracker threatens to
permanently encrypt the company's data unless he is paid million in
ransom for the means to preserve their data. One of the suspects is the
brother of Zachary Ternoway. Is there a connection? Alex thinks so and
he has less than two weeks to solve both the murder and the threatened
extortion. He also has to deal with current about to be former
girlfriend and former, wants to become current, girlfriend as well as
family. Set in Canada and nicely done. -- Jack Quick, bookbitch.com
"FATAL ENCRYPTION is a corporate caper with plenty of twists and turns, and an assortment of appealing characters to keep you guessing. Debra Purdy Kong’s newest novel offers a well-plotted mystery reminiscent of the classic whodunits. A great beach read!” – Cheryl Kaye Tardif, bestselling author
Click here to read the first four chapters of Fatal Encryption
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