The Hacker Chronicles

The Hacker ChroniclesAn Aloysius Wachter Detective NovelAloysius Wachter a clandestine hacker forced by circumstances to turn amateur detective recounts several of his adventures that begin with spotting a murder on his first night on the job at a city agency that monitors everyone and everything through a 10000 camera system.The improbable hero starts sleuthing to save a beautiful young woman falsely suspected of the crime. He battles disbelieving cops feds and Israeli hit men and soon hes being chased by Chinese cyber-spies and Russian hackers in episodes ripped from 21st Century headlines.Helping him are two pals: Vassily a Russian hacker on the run from his former gang and Michelle Vassilys girlfriend a Chinese hacker who used to work for the Peoples Liberation Army. By the end of their adventures Vic Vassily and Michelle muse that their lives seem like a bizarro tale out of Alexander McCall Smiths imagination jokingly calling themselves the No. 1 Hackers Detective Agency.