Terminal Shock
ISBN: 9780671692889
Description
When Frank's computer-whiz pal Jim Lerner is found unconscious, the victim of a life-threatening poison, Frank and Joe suspect that he has stumbled onto an international smuggling ring, and they must break the code in Jim's program to find the clues to solving the case.
Reviewed on 31st December 2022
A very computer-focussed adventure 102 for the Hardy brothers, when Frank’s first online friend is poisoned.
It’s a good introduction to 1990s computing - although in retrospect Joe’s character feels like an old man when reading with a modern point of view. It’s interesting how Joe’s character has shifted in the last few novels into much more of a jock.
The mystery hangs loosely, and doesn’t feel like it’s really the main focus this time out.
