Chasing the Dime

Lacelle said Even geeks have intrigue.. A wrong number leads to the main character, Henry Pierce, to begin a welfare check on the mystery woman whose phone number he was assigned. His hunt begins with delving into the underbelly of digital sex and leads him right into a very clever and devious trap, but why and who did this and why him? Chasing the dime means basically doing nothing but going after scientific r. BoomerBuyer said Ok but stupiest protagonist ever.. I was angry with the author over this one and tried to quit reading it several times. The protagonist was such a putz, so incredible, that i almost couldnt believe it was Connellybut I still turned the pages to see how this putz was going to survive. That page-turning push is classic Connelly. Not a believable story at all, contrived and far-fetched. But an ok read for th. Maddening - Defies Rational Consideration Honestly, I could not bring myself to finish reading the book. That's saying something since I've read most of Connelly's novels more than twice and am anxiously awaiting the second season of Bosch. Now, why couldn't I finish reading it? Henry Pierce is supposedly a very bright person. Yet he cannot avoid blundering into situations that a slow witted child would know to a

His new telephone number seems to have previously belonged to one Lilly Quinlan, an escort whose Internet photo arouses Henry's curiosity, especially when L.A. Henry Pierce is about to become very rich--as soon as his firm, Amedeo Technologies, gets an infusion of capital from a big backer. Darlings, whose Web page features the beautiful young woman, can't tell Henry how to find her. --Jane Adams. But the brilliant chemist's workaholic habits are disrupted when his lover, the former intelligence officer of

As Pierce tries to help a woman he has never met, he steps into a world of escorts, websites, sex, and secret passions. But he can't get the messages for Lilly out of his head. It's on the site." Pierce has just moved into a new apartment, and he's been "chasing the dime"--doing all it takes so his company comes out first with a scientific breakthrough worth millions. A world where his success and expertise mean nothingand where he becomes the chief suspect in a murder case, trapped in the fight of his life.. The phone messages waiting for Henry Pierce clearly aren't for him: "Where is Lilly? This is her number