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Hacker For Hire (Ted Higuera Series Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Pendelton Wallace (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Ted Higuera, son of Mexican immigrants, grew up in East LA. His first job out of college leads him into the world of organized crime where he faces a brutal beating. Rescued by kick-ass private investigator Catrina Flaherty he decides to go to work for her.
Catrina is hired by a large computer corporation to find a leak in their corporate boardroom when the previous investigator is found floating in Elliot Bay.
Ted and Catrina are led deep into Seattle’s Hi-Tech world as they stalk the killer. But the killer is also hunting them. Can Ted find the killer before the killer finds him?
If Clive Cussler had written Ugly Betty, it would be Hacker for Hire.
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    Ted Higuera Series
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    May 20, 2014
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KH3Z53W
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Victory Press (May 20, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 20, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3028 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 483 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 1,224 ratings

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If Chevy Chase had played Indiana Jones, he would be Penn Wallace. Penn has a thirst for adventure, but nothing ever seems to go exactly as planned.

In the spring of 2010 he lost the love of his life, his wife Connie, to Ovarian cancer. Ten years of living with cancer changed Penn's priorities. He learned that you can't live for tomorrow. You must live your dreams today, you never know if tomorrow will come.

To this end, he set sail in the summer of 2012 for for the warm blue waters of Baja California in his 56-foot sailboat, the Victory.

Penn is a confirmed dog curmudgeon. By a strange twist of fate, he lives on his boat with a one hundred seventy pound Great Dane, Odin, and his owner, Dawn. You may read about his adventures and living on a boat with a giant dog on Penn's blog at www.pennwallace.com.

He currently lives on the Victory in San Diego, but you never know where he will drop anchor next.

As always, he's working on the next book.

Contact Penn at penn@pennwallace.com

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Tony Parsons
5.0 out of 5 stars Dirty Bird bar (strip club)
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2017
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Seattle, WA. Justin McCormack (YTS Digital Security CEO, U of Washington) told Bear & Irena to get into the van.
Millennium Towers housed the Millennium Systems security co.
The YTS team were there to inspect everything.
Sarah Hardwick (sister) came to make sure Chris Hardwick (para-legal, Ted’s college roommate/BMF) was going to get out of the hospital.

Teddy “Ted” Higuera (Latino, aka Higgy, Bear, Taco Boy, YTS computer security analyst, FB, U of Washington; BS computer science) greeted him when he got home.
Donna Harrison (55+, wife, DigiGuard president) & Bill Harrison (husband) had written the Armageddon Virus program.
Amy Beecher later came to give Chris his weekly PT.
Dirty Bird bar (strip club). What did Ted go see Rico Caglione (mob boss)?
Olympic Hotel (bar). What were PI Catrina “Cat” Flaherty (45+, Flaherty & Ass.) & Alison Clarke (Millennium Systems CEO) discussing?
Jack Metcalf (Millennium System’s CEO) has retained HB&J counsel because he thinks Alison Clarke (MS CEO) is going to sue him.

What did Gina (Ted’s lover, MS) tell Ted about Jackson Schmidt (CFO)?
What did Ted & Chris find out from each other at the gym?
Why had Donna Harrison (DigiSystems president) been whacked & found floating in Redmond Elliot Bay?

What happened to Terry Metcalf (MS chairman of the board)?
News headlines: Richard “Dick” Freeman Sr. (former MS security, retired USMC), was reported missing by Elaine Freeman (wife).

I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.

A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very well written high-tech thriller book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a huge set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great high-tech adventure movie, or better yet a mini TV series. To be continued? There is no doubt in my mind this is a very easy rating of 5 stars.

Thank you for the free author; Victory Press; Amazon Digital Services LLC; book
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)
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KAJordan
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2017
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I received an advanced readers copy for my honest review. This story involves a Latino computer security analyst Ted Higuera and his best friend, para-legal Chris Hardwick from Pendelton's first book. The story line is better developed and brings into play Catrina Flaherty which is a character from another series of books by Pendelton. More background is introduced on Ted along with Chris and the storyline develops around their respective jobs since the both have graduated from college. Ted works for a firm and learns major hacking skills that he uses in his new job that he has moved on to with Catrina's private investigation firm. Chris goes onto work in his father's law firm as an intern and the plot is intertwined between the two jobs. A good read, Better written and moves quicker and more seamlessly.
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Luvs2Read
3.0 out of 5 stars Hacker for Hire or for Fire?
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2014
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This is an interesting plot. It is good for light reading. My problem, which I deducted one star for, is the juvenile character that Ted Higuera has developed in this book. All the constant referrals to the female anatomy are just so uncalled for. They are from the beginning to the end and I really don't think it is necessary for this book. Definitely not for the character after he experienced all he did in the first book. It should have given Ted much more maturity. It didn't. After such a good read on the first book, I had expected much more from this one. The second star I took off was for the way the book was printed. I hate this type of printing as it seems like all I am doing is turning pages. It doesn't work for larger font size at all and usually I totally avoid this type of printing when I find a book with it. However, this book was totally done right with the proof reading! So much better than the first book. Too bad the editing was such a disaster with the childish, juvenile characterization for Ted. Also, maybe I was just distracted by all of the childish referrals to the female anatomy, but it seemed like the characters fell flat in this book. The first one seemed to be much better in bringing characters to life than this book did for me. If you are looking for a decent read and don't mind all of the sexual referrals, you will probably enjoy this book. The plot of having Ted and Chris on opposite sides of this same situation could have been brought out a little stronger and made for an even better read. There could have been much more interaction, stress, and general struggle between the two to keep their morals and fulfill their oaths to their professions would have been much more interesting to me. A decent read, but not up to the first book of this series.
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Keith Benjamin
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting moral thriller
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2017
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A young computer hacker with an attitude. That's Ted, the hero, though he hates being called that. In over his head, he has to make moral judgment calls that makes him very uneasy. A chance meeting with a stunning woman who later employs in her PI business takes him in a roller coaster ride where his life is threatened.

The pace never lets up and you keep turning the page to see what's next. The plot has enough twists to keep your u riveted. The outcome is unexpected yet all the strands are neatly tied up.

Loyalty, honor and friendship make the characters believable. They all struggle with moral choices. The value of family and family values keep the pace ticking.

A highly entertaining read that is heartily recommended
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VG
5.0 out of 5 stars Really good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 18, 2023
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Had this sat on my kindle since 2017! Finally getting around to reading more. Loved it. Very good story.
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Alf R
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
Reviewed in Canada on November 1, 2015
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Interesting read with a few good "plot twists"! The various directional pulls on Ted's life gave a side question to the plot. The insight into corporate politics was intriguing - and the concept of Delphi reminds one of the advent of the I Watch!
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Graham Black
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Australia on December 9, 2014
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Clinging to every word
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E. Briggs
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2020
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I enjoyed the story and will probably read more in the series. I was confused by a chapter about a plane attack which destroyed a boat as it seemed to have no relevance to the story and the people were not mentioned again. Was it something to do with book one which I have not read? otherwise I would have given 5 stars.
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Adja.
4.0 out of 5 stars good read
Reviewed in Canada on June 15, 2014
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It was good, as in the first book once you got introduced to all the players and sorted out who was who it became a good story, needed more editing a lot of small spelling mistakes but I enjoyed it and will sure to look for the next book.
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