The Expert

Computer mogul James Perrein has been arrested on a charge of selling world-shaking encryption technology to the Chinese in violation of US law. For criminal attorney Rebecca Verona, it's an opportunity to advance her career and her firm's status. It also means defending a man she doesn't trust-a man who was once her lover. It was for Perrein that Rebecca ended her relationship with David Zuckerman, the prosecuting attorney who has just been assigned to the case.

At the heart of Rebecca's defense is her hired gun: expert witness Radovan Terescu, who claims he can prove that the computer chip Perrein allegedly sold cannot possibly yet exist. Then Zuckerman and the prosecution drop their first bombshell: they have the actual chip. And it may be a major threat to America's security.

The worlds of high-stakes law, international intrigue, and cutting-edge technology combine to create a novel of unrelenting suspense.

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The Expert

Computer mogul James Perrein has been arrested on a charge of selling world-shaking encryption technology to the Chinese in violation of US law. For criminal attorney Rebecca Verona, it's an opportunity to advance her career and her firm's status. It also means defending a man she doesn't trust-a man who was once her lover. It was for Perrein that Rebecca ended her relationship with David Zuckerman, the prosecuting attorney who has just been assigned to the case.

At the heart of Rebecca's defense is her hired gun: expert witness Radovan Terescu, who claims he can prove that the computer chip Perrein allegedly sold cannot possibly yet exist. Then Zuckerman and the prosecution drop their first bombshell: they have the actual chip. And it may be a major threat to America's security.

The worlds of high-stakes law, international intrigue, and cutting-edge technology combine to create a novel of unrelenting suspense.

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The Expert

The Expert

by Lee Gruenfeld

Narrated by Barrett Whitener

Unabridged — 20 hours, 59 minutes

The Expert

The Expert

by Lee Gruenfeld

Narrated by Barrett Whitener

Unabridged — 20 hours, 59 minutes

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Overview

Computer mogul James Perrein has been arrested on a charge of selling world-shaking encryption technology to the Chinese in violation of US law. For criminal attorney Rebecca Verona, it's an opportunity to advance her career and her firm's status. It also means defending a man she doesn't trust-a man who was once her lover. It was for Perrein that Rebecca ended her relationship with David Zuckerman, the prosecuting attorney who has just been assigned to the case.

At the heart of Rebecca's defense is her hired gun: expert witness Radovan Terescu, who claims he can prove that the computer chip Perrein allegedly sold cannot possibly yet exist. Then Zuckerman and the prosecution drop their first bombshell: they have the actual chip. And it may be a major threat to America's security.

The worlds of high-stakes law, international intrigue, and cutting-edge technology combine to create a novel of unrelenting suspense.


Editorial Reviews

The Sun

Gruenfeld has elevated the art of writing the techno-thriller to the point that readers should be issued oxygen masks. The human characters walk, talk and feel like real people. Tom Clancy's Hunt for Red Octoberàis often lauded as the model for the modern techno-thriller. I think Lee Gruenfeld's The Expert is better.

New York Times Book Review

As one might expect from a book called "The Expert," it's an adroit performance, with plenty of double-crosses mixed in with the cross-examinations. [T]he characters are deftly presented. Best of all, Gruenfeld keeps the...detailed discussions balanced with the personal motivations of his cast.

San Francisco Chronicle

If your eyes have been glazing over at the Clinton administration's attempt to control software encryption exports, "The Expert" by Lee Gruenfeld is the timely antidote. Just this week, history was made when Senator Dianne Feinstein brought Bill Gates and other computer moguls into a closed-door meeting with FBI Director Louis Freeh and Attorney General Janet Reno for the first time. A treasure of a novel awaits: Gruenfeld not only understands the vast complications of encryption law, he also knows how to fascinate. Becky and her assistants (two seasoned legal experts whose brilliant and cynical remarks are often hilarious) find the perfect expert and persuades him to testify, Gruenfeld introduces a few twists that startle and enlighten simultaneously. Come to think of it, Gates and Reno might want to read this book before their next meeting with Feinstein-it could give them some tips.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940169832600
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date: 09/01/2009
Edition description: Unabridged
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