Invasion of Privacy [Paperback]

While meeting with a confidential informant, Mary Grant's husband, Joe, an FBI agent, is killed on a remote, dusty road outside of Austin, Texas. The official report places blame on Joe's shoulders, but the story just doesn't add up and Mary prods the FBI to investigate. There are just too many questions. Meanwhile, Ian Prince, founder of ONE technology, the world's largest Internet company, has his own concerns about the FBI looking into Joe Grant’s death. Prince's newest invention, the Titan supercomputer, is set to launch, and Mary’s quest for the truth could cause him trouble.  When Mary is stonewalled by the FBI, she takes matters into her own hands. With the help of her daughter, Jessie, a brilliant hacker, she takes over her husband’s investigation, putting herself and her entire family in the crosshairs of one of the most powerful men in America, as well the newest and most terrifying surveillance system ever created.

Timely Big-Brother thrills combine with roller-coaster pacing and a satisfying conclusion.
--BooklistCHRISTOPHER REICH is theNew York Timesbestselling author ofThe Prince of Risk, Rules of Deception, Rules of Vengeance, Rules of Betrayal, Numbered Account,andThe Runner. His novelThe Patriots Clubwon the International Thriller Writers award for Best Novel in 2006. He lives in Encinitas, California.1

“Felix will be there in ten.”

“All clear?”

“Nothing out here but tumbleweeds and horseshit.”

“Welcome to Texas.”

Special Agent Joe Grant of the Federal Bureau of Investigation stared out the window of the Chevrolet Tahoe. The ground was barren, scrub sprouting here and there out of the dirt. Across the yard stood an old windmill, the kind with the tiller and the spoked wheel. Farther down the road he spied a telephone pole strung with wires. Beneath it sat the rusted carcass of an ancient tractor. He lƒs