Imagine yourself in a bar. A man approaches you. He doesn’t seem familiar but he knows your past, your job, your hobbies, and your ex-boyfriend’s name. You go for a drink.
This is your first—and last—mistake. You’re the latest victim of the latest killer. A man who can rip away the thin carapace protecting the secrets of your life—before ending it.

This is the setting of Jeffery Deaver’s new computer thriller—The Blue Nowhere. The story is about brilliant hackers and crackers (hackers who are criminals) and how vulnerable we are when are online. In this Internet age, with every household connected to the Internet, no one is safe. Computer criminals can hack into the computers and steal data, erase or manipulate records, transfer funds from your account, and do more damage than most people can imagine.

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Memoirs of a Geisha is a novel by Arthur Golden published in 1997. Memoirs of a Geisha tells the story of a geisha known as Nitta Sayuri, who lives in New York as a hostess to Japanese businessmen. The novel is narrated from the point of view of Sayuri, who is retired and is spending her retired life at the Waldorf Towers in New York City. The story is told in an intense and intimate style. It gives a comprehensive picture of the lives of geishas and the cultural aspects of Japan at that time.

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