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Thieves Like Us by Stephen Cole (view source)
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|title=Thieves Like Us
|author=Stephen Cole
|buy=Maybe
|borrow=Yes
|pages=352
|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
|date=January 2007
|isbn=978-0747589518
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Jonah Wish is is a cipherpunk. A talented code-breaker, he is currently languishing in a Youth Offenders Institute after helping his foster father to set up a business specialising in online encryption, then promptly hacking his own system and stealing half a million pounds. Languishing, that is, until the night a group of similarly talented teenagers appear and break him out. Jonah has been recruited by Nathaniel Coldhardt, a criminal mastermind whose latest operation needs his talents.
It's a reliable genre book and recommended for all youngsters who enjoy TV programmes such as The Hustle and films such as the recent hit, National Treasure.
My thanks to the publisher, Bloomsbury, for sending the book. We also have a review of Cole's [[The Bloodline Cipher by Stephen Cole|The Bloodline Cipher]].
Another thriller that can be enjoyed by a wide range of ages and involves a mysterious artefact is Steve Voake's [[The Starlight Conspiracy]].
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|comment= Really helpful in helping me get a better idea of the book before I buy it. Thanks! Can't wait to read it!
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