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Ruth run : a novel / Elizabeth Kaufman.
"An ingeniously twisty, witty, and fast-paced cybercrime chase novel in which the eponymous thief, who has stolen several lifetimes worth of money, flees northern California and makes her way across Oregon, Idaho, and Utah with a slew of men in pursuit, the relationships between herself and her male pursuers shaped by the protagonists' respective interpretations of the traces each leave in the cyberworld"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593832646 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 292 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: Hardcover.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2025.
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| Subject: | Computer crimes > Fiction. Criminals > Fiction. Robbery > Fiction. Stalkers > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Kaufm | 31681010415180 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Twenty-six-year-old cybercriminal Ruth exploited a hacked microchip to rob banks for five years until she was discovered?â?now she and her dog must race through California and the West to avoid the slew of government agents on her tail. - Baker & Taylor
"An ingeniously twisty, witty, and fast-paced cybercrime chase novel in which the eponymous thief, who has stolen several lifetimes worth of money, flees northern California and makes her way across Oregon, Idaho, and Utah with a slew of men in pursuit, the relationships between herself and her male pursuers shaped by the protagonists' respective interpretations of the traces each leave in the cyberworld"-- - Penguin Putnam
"A wildly fun and thrilling read in this age of digital theft, Ruth Run introduces us to an irresistible heroine and, in Elizabeth Kaufman, a scintillating new voice in contemporary fiction." âMaria Semple, author of Whereâd You Go, Bernadette and Today Will Be Different
Cybercrime leads to a cross-country pursuit as an ambitious, misfit young thief exploits a hacked microchip to rob banks, and learns too late that the wrong people have been watching her
Twenty-six-year-old Ruth excels at microchip design but decides to get rich the old-fashioned way: robbing banks. She becomes a cybercriminal and devotes five years to siphoning more than $250 million out of the banking system using a hacked firewall chip that she created and only she knows how to access. Then one night an alarm goes off and she realizes sheâs been discovered.
Five hours later sheâs on the run, chased across California and the West by a slew of government agents who see her as both a high-level national security threat and a potential intelligence asset. Theyâll catch her dead or aliveâwhatever it takes to make sure no one else discovers what she knows. Each of these men is obsessed with the woman heâs hunting, certain he knows what makes her tick. But Ruth, always a step ahead, armed with her ironic wit and a reluctant dog, eludes their understanding; can she elude their capture, too?
A nonstop oddball thriller for the age of digital theft, Ruth Run introduces an irresistible new heroine and a fantastic new voice in contemporary fiction.
