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Title details for Hooked by Matt Richtel - Available

Hooked

A Thriller About Love and Other Addictions

by Matt Richtel
Kirby Heyborne
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From New York Times journalist and syndicated comic strip creator Matt Richtel, HOOKED is a visionary thriller for the digital era–and a novel about life, love, and high-tech intrigue on the Left Coast.
When medical journalist Nat Idle narrowly survives an explosion in an Internet café after receiving a mysterious note warning him to leave immediately, he becomes enmeshed in the most dangerous assignment of his life. Nat believes that the handwriting on the lifesaving note belongs to his deceased girlfriend, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist he has been obsessively mourning, and so begins a fevered quest to solve the mystery of his lost love. The journey forces him to confront the underbelly of the digital revolution and question his own sanity.
 
Matt Richtel’s first novel will leave you hooked at the end of every chapter. His thriller about love and other addictions is itself a compulsive reading experience, fueled by adrenaline and suspense and influenced by the pace and attitude of the Internet. It is a tour de force of romance and deception, and a haunting commentary on the impact new addictions are having on our lives.

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  • Release date

    June 5, 2007

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415941195
      • File size: 244260 KB
      • Duration: 08:28:52

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Listen to the latest from Matt Richtel for a short time--and you're hooked til the end. Richtel's plotting and Kirby Heyborne's narration form a delicious combination. Nat Idle, a medical school graduate, and a journalist of sorts, is nearly killed in a bomb blast that levels an Internet café. Just before the explosion, he's warned to leave via a note purporting to be from his former fiancée. But she disappeared in a boating accident four years earlier. Is she still alive? While the answer is not entirely satisfying, the plotting will keep you guessing. Heyborne delivers a smooth and believable performance that does justice to all the characters. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Moments before the cafe he is sitting in blows up, Nat Idle is told to get out by someone who resembles his dead ex-girlfriend, Annie. With his life intact, the journalist in him yearns to put the pieces together. In his pursuit, his answers only yield more questions; further, he discovers that his body and mind are quickly deteriorating. As comprehension dawns, he may be out of time. Jason Singer's soft, determined voice works well for this first-person narration. Though his voices for female and secondary characters aren't noteworthy, he captures Idle's character well. The abridgment, however, seems to have hollowed out the story, especially as its reaches its climax and denouement. L.E. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 2, 2007
      This oddly flat thriller from first-time novelist Richtel opens with a warning in a dead girlfriend's handwriting, followed by an explosion in a San Francisco cafe. Matt Idle, who barely escapes, is perplexed by the note: his girlfriend Annie—from a very wealthy family involved in various opaque concerns—was swept off her sailboat four years ago and never seen again. Matt tracks down survivors of the blast, including waitress Erin Coultra, whose actions make Matt suspicious; when the home of aspiring novelist Simon Anderson, another survivor, catches on fire, Matt's suspicions intensify. Matt's investigations take him to Strawberry Labs, Annie's family company possibly named after Annie's childhood Labrador retriever that may be doing drug-related business. Despite intentionally short chapters à la The Da Vinci Code
      , Richter (who writes the comic strip Rudy Park
      under nom de plume Theron Heir) has trouble bringing Matt to life or tension to the plot—in part because of Matt's first-person flashbacks to his relationship with Annie. Richtel's trying to do a brainy update of classic noir, but falls slightly short.

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