TY  - BOOK
AU  - Borgos,Bruce
TI  - Shades of mercy
SN  - 9781250848093
AV  - PS3602.O7475 S53 2024
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York
PB  - Minotaur Books
KW  - Sheriffs
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Hackers
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Drug traffic
KW  - Cartels
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Nevada
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
KW  - Novels
N2  - "Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, doing the same lawman's job his father once did now that he's returned home after decades away. ... [His] twelve-person department [covers] a large area that is usually very quiet, but not of late. One childhood friend is the latest to succumb to a new wave of particularly strong illegal opioids, another childhood friend--now an enormously successful rancher--is targeted by a military drone, hacked and commandeered by an unknown source. The hacker is apparently local--local enough to call out Beck by name--and that means they are Beck's problem. Beck's investigation leads him to Mercy Vaughn, the one known hacker in the area. The problem is that she's a teenager, locked up with no computer access at the secure juvenile detention center"-- Provided by publisher
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