Lexi Carmichael Mystery Series
Book 5
Julie Moffett
Genre: Mystery/Romance/ Action Adventure
Publisher: Carina Press
Book Description:
Lexi Carmichael: Helping Geeks Everywhere Get Some
Okay, so it’s not exactly as it seems, but that’s what is happening on the dating reality television show called “Geeks Get Some” that I, Lexi Carmichael geek extraordinaire, am called to work on. Not that I’m a fan of reality shows (I can barely deal with my own reality), yet I’ve been sent to Hollywood to find a hacker who’s screwing with the results of the show’s online voting system.
So what happens when I get there? Well, the producers convince me to continue my investigation from the inside. What should be an easy hunt for the hacker turns ugly when he sets his sights on me. Add to that a studio obsessed with ratings, a bunch of nerdy contestants, and my own confusing love life, and unraveling this mystery might make me a star—or get me killed.
Catch up with Lexi in No One Lives Twice, No One to Trust, No Money Down, No Place Like Rome!
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Excerpt:
No
Biz Like Showbiz . . .
My name is Lexi
Carmichael and I have a problem with most of today’s television programming.
Not because of the sheer implausibility of a majority of the shows—although
that does factor—but because too many programs seem to feature a tech genius
who can solve the problems of the world with one stroke of a keyboard.
Here’s how it
happens… a tech head is desperately trying to hack into a system. Death, the
collapse of the free world, or the apocalypse is imminent if he fails. (Yes, tech
heroes always seem to be guys since I guess in Hollywood a woman doesn’t know
her way around a keyboard.) He types commands frantically as the clock ticks
down to Doomsday. As the scenario continues, our frazzled hero takes a moment
to run his fingers through his perfectly styled hair before he types just one
more command and bingo, he’s in. He’ll then have a whole millisecond to
navigate a completely unfamiliar system, find the magic switch, and shut down
the entire system in time to save the day, world, girl, whatever, with one
stroke. All of this while the super expensive, cutting-edge government system
or expensive black-market technology used by the show's villain will aid our
intrepid hero by providing helpful visual prompts like Access Denied or Access
Granted in big bold letters across the screen as he works his hacking magic.
Just shoot me.
I’m a real
hacker and yes, I’m female. I double-majored in mathematics and computer
science at Georgetown University and have spent most of my twenty-five years
learning how to bypass cryptographic protocols, exploit system vulnerabilities,
and finesse distributed denial of service attacks. I’ve never had to avert an
apocalypse, but if I did, I’m pretty sure it would take more than one freaking
minute, and I wouldn’t be worried about my hair while doing it. My first
successful hack on a relatively simple system took five hours. It might have
taken four, but my mom kept distracting me by yelling through my bedroom door
that if I gave ballet class just one more try she’d give me a hundred dollars
to spend however I wanted. So, watching these types of shows and movies is hard
on both my nerves and stomach.
© Julie Moffett
No Biz Like Showbiz Excerpt
About the Author:
She grew up as a military brat (Air Force) and has traveled extensively. Her more exciting exploits include attending Kubasaki High School in Okinawa, Japan, backpacking around Europe and Scandinavia for several months, a year-long college graduate study in Warsaw, Poland and a wonderful trip to Scotland and Ireland where she fell in love with castles, kilts and brogues.
Julie has a B.A. in Political Science and Russian Language from Colorado College, a M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and is nearly finished with her M.Ed from Liberty University in Virginia. Able to speak Russian and Polish, she worked as a journalist for the international radio station, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Washington, D.C. for eleven years, publishing hundreds of articles. She now works as a proposal writer and research advisor for a defense contractor in the Washington, D.C. area.
Julie has two sons who keep her quite busy. She belongs to Romance Writers of America and Washington Romance Writers where she served six years on the organization’s Board of Directors. She was also the Market News Columnist and Feature’s Editor for the organization’s monthly newsletter, Update, for eleven years.
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