System of the Dead - Paperback

by Mike Ricksecker (Author)

One moment Matthew Rivers is designing a revolutionary computer operating system, the next he is discovered strung from a tree in his front yard. Authorities believe the death was a guilt-ridden suicide due to an exposed affair, however, Rivers's wife refuses to accept that theory and hires private investigator Chase Michael DeBarlo to seek the truth. Chase discovers a web of secrets behind the operating system Rivers had been designing, while others working on the project begin to turn up missing or dead in seemingly unrelated matters. In a turn of events that mixes social networking with code breaking, an unlikely coffee shop girl from Ohio helps tie it all together for Chase.

Author Biography

Mike Ricksecker is the author of paranormal ghost books and mystery novels. He has appeared on Animal Planet's 'The Haunted' television show and Bio channel's 'My Ghost Story'. Mike's historic paranormal articles have been published in 'The Baltimore Sun', 'Paranormal Underground Magazine', and he writes an Oklahoma City paranormal column for Examiner.com. He's also a paranormal investigator and "ghostorian" with Society of the Haunted, and regularly speaks about the paranormal, history, and writing. Official site: www.mikericksecker.com