Allen Wyler spins another solid thriller with his protagonist Arnold Gold’s latest adventure. Having capitulated to his lady love’s demands to eschew online gambling and cyber mischief, our hero turns his considerable skills to white hat endeavors, which means cleaning up other people’s messes. Nevertheless, as you knew was bound to happen, danger finds Arnold inside the workings of a boutique law firm specializing in white collar crime. The head of a prestigious Seattle law firm Cain, Tidwell, and Stowell, calls Arnold in Hawaii after the firm finds itself the target of a vicious scourge of our modern age, a cyber ransom attack that paralyses the company’s computer network. Noah Cain really, really wants Arnold on the case, and boy does our guy deliver.

Unlike his earlier books, this one takes for granted that you already know Arnold and appreciate his remarkable mind and preternatural gift for attracting trouble. Far be it from me to deprive you of the pleasure of watching Arnold do his thing.

I’m sure I’m not the only one already anticipating what kind of hot water Arnold finds himself in next. Enjoy!

M. T. Kennedy