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Code 6: A Novel

Code 6: A Novel

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  • Author：James Grippando
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Summary

Harper Lee Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author James Grippando returns with a bold new thriller that asks at what price do we open our lives to Big Data。

Aspiring playwright， Kate Gamble， is struggling to launch a script she's been secretly researching her entire life， mostly at the family dinner table。 Her father is Christian Gamble， CEO of Buck Technologies， a private data integration company whose clients include the CIA and virtually every counter-terrorism organization in the Western World。 Kate's father adores her， and a play about the dark side of Big Data would be the ultimate betrayal in his eyes。 But Kate is compelled to tell this story--not only as an artist exploring the personal information catastrophe that affects us all， but as a daughter trying to understand her mother's apparent loss of purpose， made even more disturbing by the suicide note she left behind: I did it for Kate。

Then Patrick Battle comes back into her life， changing everything she has ever thought about her play， her father， and her mother's tragic death。 Patrick is a childhood friend， but he is now Buck's golden boy with security clearance to the company's most sensitive projects。 When Buck comes under investigation by the Justice Department and Patrick suddenly goes missing， Kate doesn't know who to trust。 A phone call confirms her worst nightmare: Patrick has been kidnapped， and the ransom demand is Code 6--the most secret and potentially dangerous technology her father's company has ever developed。

Kate's fight to bring Patrick home safely reveals a conspiracy and cover up that may implicate one of the most powerful executives in the tech industry， while the development of Kate's play unleashes family secrets and the demons behind her mother's cryptic final note。 The two paths converge in explosive fashion， leading to a shocking and terrifying discovery that puts Kate and Patrick in the crosshairs of forces who will stop at nothing to control Code 6。

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Reviews

Linda McCune ，

An interesting thriller about data mining。 A different novel from what the author usually writes。

Marcia ，

I think Grippando's wheelhouse is legal fiction， and this was a significant departure。 Not my favorite， though it had its moments。 I think Grippando's wheelhouse is legal fiction， and this was a significant departure。 Not my favorite， though it had its moments。 。。。more

Ankit Mittal ，

When I pick a book from James Grippando am always certain that it will be entertaining and this book was no exception。 Having said that， I quite liked the mix of main story and the Nazi play and the parallels drawn all through the book。 The characters were likable and the ending left me feeling happily satisfied。Good read indeed。 :）

Lonnie ，

ExcellentThe world of technology and social media is threatening our existence。 A gripping unique thriller。 Kate is a playwright in the body of the daughter of a tech CEO。 Her story is entangled with intrigue， romance and potential espionage。Exceptionally well written and factually scary！ Note my 4 star rating。。。。。I have never given a book a 5 star！

Nuno Freitas ，

Code 6 is a thriller that deals with the repercussions of big data applied to a personal-privacy setting， an indisputably contemporary topic。 And one about which I am personally and professionally curious。Coming into it， I was expecting a lot more development on that big data part and on what the company did， through what means， with what societal repercussions， etc。 However， that was never all that explored。 The whole big data part seemed therefore to be used as a background setting for other s Code 6 is a thriller that deals with the repercussions of big data applied to a personal-privacy setting， an indisputably contemporary topic。 And one about which I am personally and professionally curious。Coming into it， I was expecting a lot more development on that big data part and on what the company did， through what means， with what societal repercussions， etc。 However， that was never all that explored。 The whole big data part seemed therefore to be used as a background setting for other stuff to be happening。 While this novel juggles a few subplots， they are all so different but somehow interconnected that it gives the novel an interesting freshness with each new chapter， as you hop between them。 One that I especially appreciated was the screenplay that the main character was writing， which serves as a clever way to impart the reader with a historical context of mass data capturing and its （mis）uses。The novel is well-paced， and apart from some minor issues， the plot itself is believable。 I also appreciate that， despite the CIA being involved in the story， the main characters don't suddenly turn into the world's greatests spies。 The character work is not exactly sublime， but it rarely is in this type of thriller。 The main gripe I've been having with thrillers is the overuse of vague messaging between characters as a plot device for an overarching mystery， and Code 6 also follows that same trope。 I really wish authors would start finding new ways to weave mysteries throughout thrillers， as in many cases， were the messages straight-forward at the beginning of the novels， （you know， like normal human communication）， those stories would not have unfolded the way they did at all。Nevertheless， this is a satisfying thriller that goes beyond most by educating the user as it provides a good story about a topic that needs to be more talked about。 。。。more

Keila ，

This one showed up unexpectedly the other day from @harpercollins and the author @jamesgrippando and I was so excited I couldn’t wait to dive in。 So dive in I did！ Kate Gamble is the daughter of tech giant CEO Christian Gamble。 One fateful day her mother commits suicide and leaves a peculiar note。 Kate soon goes to work for her father and runs into her old childhood friend Patrick who has turned into her father’s golden boy。 Shortly thereafter Patrick goes missing and Kate sets up finding him。 W This one showed up unexpectedly the other day from @harpercollins and the author @jamesgrippando and I was so excited I couldn’t wait to dive in。 So dive in I did！ Kate Gamble is the daughter of tech giant CEO Christian Gamble。 One fateful day her mother commits suicide and leaves a peculiar note。 Kate soon goes to work for her father and runs into her old childhood friend Patrick who has turned into her father’s golden boy。 Shortly thereafter Patrick goes missing and Kate sets up finding him。 What she uncovers along the way， are secrets that she likely would have stayed hidden – but they reveal so many answers。 Will Kate be able to get Patrick out safe before time runs out？One aspect of this book I found most refreshing was the wonderful and complicated relationship between Kate and her father！ I have a horrible relationship with my own father so its always nice to read about one that works！ I enjoyed the pacing of this book as well; it was fast enough to hold my attention but not so fast I got lost。 The big tech company spying on us and gathering out information is something I can’t ever get enough of！ The nodes to historical facts were interesting and provided some very useful background information。 This author has a highly successful series （that I will be checking out） and this is a standalone。 I will for sure be reading more！ 。。。more

Chick Marks ，

Overly melodramatic in spots but a quick moving story that you don’t want to put down。

Tony Sannicandro ，

👍 Could be his best writing yet！

K-BRC ，

CODE 6， a technothriller is a new direction for James Grippando but I liked it。 I have not been a big reader of conspiracy literature for the last 5+ years， but this drew me in。 I loved the characters in the twisty， plotline。 I did have to work to suspend disbelief a bit， but it was totally doable。 Hats off and congratulations on the great conundrum devised for the mc。 Recommended。

Sam ，

Boring， disjointed， uninteresting

Sheldon ，

Now this is a meaningful thriller。 Gripando introduces a CC new heroine and tackles the present day problem of government intrusive data collection。 The characters evolve as the book passes by ears or eyes。 Could this story be real？ It depends on your level of believing in conspiracies。

Joslin ，

As a long time fan of Grippando’s work I really enjoyed this book and the historical insight it provided on the use of data by the Nazi’s， and excellent perspectives contrasted with current climate of data capture。 I’ve found with his last few books there’s quite a lot of detail that I didn’t really understand and the explanation took a little longer to appear。 Nonetheless as always I couldn’t put this down。

Lovely Loveday ，

James Grippando returns with a bold new thriller that asks at what price do we open our lives to Big Data。 Chilling 。 。 。 Grippando leads Twenty through a complex plot that maintains its sense of realism until the surprising finale。

Bookreporter。com Mystery & Thriller ，

James Grippando steps away from his highly successful Jack Swyteck series and proves why he is one of the best thriller writers out there with the release of his latest stand-alone novel， CODE 6。 It’s a scathing look at the world of Big Data through the eyes of a young playwright caught up in the travails of the family business。Christian Gamble is the CEO of Buck Technologies and is attempting to groom his daughter， Kate， to become a new addition to their legal team once she finishes law school。 James Grippando steps away from his highly successful Jack Swyteck series and proves why he is one of the best thriller writers out there with the release of his latest stand-alone novel， CODE 6。 It’s a scathing look at the world of Big Data through the eyes of a young playwright caught up in the travails of the family business。Christian Gamble is the CEO of Buck Technologies and is attempting to groom his daughter， Kate， to become a new addition to their legal team once she finishes law school。 The only issue is that Kate’s real love is writing。 Her play has been selected for review by director and playwright Irving Bass， who potentially could produce it。But these plans are sidelined when Kate’s mother allegedly kills herself by leaping off the balcony of their high-rise apartment building。 The supposed suicide note from Elizabeth ends with the words “I did it for Kate。” Christian immediately comes under scrutiny， even though he was away on a business trip at the time of her death。 The lead detective keeps going back to a 911 call from a few years ago when Elizabeth claimed abuse at the hands of her husband。 She also accused him of having an affair with one of his co-workers， the now imprisoned Sandra Levy。Kate understands that Sandra was never romantically involved with Christian and her imprisonment has nothing to do with him。 Still， she is having difficulty processing her mother’s thought pattern at both committing suicide and leaving that cryptic note。 Meanwhile， Kate reluctantly comes on board as a legal intern for Buck Technologies while not giving up on her dreams。 Bass， who initially attacked her play， admits that he’s in a bad place and planning to go into rehab。 But before that happens， he wants to meet with Kate and develop her ideas to make the script a viable piece that he can produce and stage for her。The play deals with the origins of Big Data and how the information taken from it can be misused。 It focuses on the IBM Hollerith D-eleven card sorting machine and the role it played in drawing the census data that Hitler and the Nazi party used to identify and later exterminate over six million Jews during the Holocaust。 It sounds like a winner of an idea， but the comparisons to information that Buck Technologies may have been misusing comes to light in shocking ways during Kate’s tenure there。On Kate’s first day， she sees fellow co-worker and childhood friend Patrick Battle。 He inadvertently breaches company protocol by mentioning the name of a project he’s working on and immediately regrets it。 Fearing that he might get fired for this misdeed， Patrick is instead approved for a corporate retreat in a far-away jungle in Columbia。 What seems like a white-collar adventure turns into a nightmare when he disappears from his group and is kidnapped。 A ransom is sent shortly thereafter to Christian demanding “Code 6” for his safe return。 Often thought to be a myth， Code 6 is the deadliest technology that Buck has ever created。 In the wrong hands， it could do the same kind of damage that is covered in Kate’s play。Kate feels responsible for Patrick’s fate and meets with Sandra in prison to find out what exactly she went away for and if it had anything to do with Code 6。 Christian does not want to deal with terrorists， but he also can’t afford the negative publicity or exposure if something were to happen to Patrick and Code 6 was revealed to the world anyway。Grippando keeps a lot of balls in the air during CODE 6， and the action is pretty much non-stop。 What really drives this book are the characters --- fully fleshed-out， real and complex --- and you cannot help but root for Kate every step of the way right up until the stunning conclusion。Reviewed by Ray Palen 。。。more

Torsten ，

Boring， predictable with shallow Wikipedia quality background。

Linda Grimm ，

Excellent！ Can’t believe I forgot about this writer！

PottWab Regional Library ，

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Ricki ，

I think I will stick to the Jack Swytek series。 This stand alone book was all over the place。Kate Gamble， daughter of a billionaire tech guru wants to be a playwright。 She has been working on one for years subject being the use of IBM data cards during the Holocaust while also finishing school to be a lawyer。Next is her mother's suicide and her hunt for the truth of what happened all the while redoing her play with renowned playwright Bass and moving into an office at her father's company after I think I will stick to the Jack Swytek series。 This stand alone book was all over the place。Kate Gamble， daughter of a billionaire tech guru wants to be a playwright。 She has been working on one for years subject being the use of IBM data cards during the Holocaust while also finishing school to be a lawyer。Next is her mother's suicide and her hunt for the truth of what happened all the while redoing her play with renowned playwright Bass and moving into an office at her father's company after graduation。 An ex-boyfriend is tasked with auditing the firm （Buck Technologies） to be sure there are no leaks and another friend disappears in Columbia South America。 She tries to help both。Again， it was all over the place and I was hoping it would get better。 It didn't。 。。。more

Ray Palen ，

James Grippando steps away from his highly-successful Jack Swyteck series to prove why he is one of the best thrillers writers in the game with the release of his latest novel， the stand-alone entitled CODE 6。 It is a deep-diving， scathing look at the world of big data through the eyes of a young playwright caught up in the travails of the family business。Christian Gamble is the CEO of Buck Technologies while attempting to groom his daughter， Kate， to becoming a new addition to their legal team James Grippando steps away from his highly-successful Jack Swyteck series to prove why he is one of the best thrillers writers in the game with the release of his latest novel， the stand-alone entitled CODE 6。 It is a deep-diving， scathing look at the world of big data through the eyes of a young playwright caught up in the travails of the family business。Christian Gamble is the CEO of Buck Technologies while attempting to groom his daughter， Kate， to becoming a new addition to their legal team once she finishes Law School。 The only issue is that Kate’s real love is writing and she currently has a play that was selected for review by a famous Director and Playwright with the potential of having her work produced by him。 Both Christian and Kate’s plans will be side-swept in a large way when Kate’s mother allegedly commits suicide by leaping off the balcony of their high-rise apartment building。 The supposed suicide note from Elizabeth Gamble ends with the line: “I did it for Kate。” Christian immediately comes under scrutiny， even though he was away on a business trip at the time of the incident。 The lead Detective keeps going back to a 911 call from a few years earlier where Elizabeth claimed spousal abuse at the hands of her husband。 She also accused her husband at that time of having an affair with a co-worker of his， the now imprisoned Sandra Levy。 Even though Kate Gamble understands that Sandra Levy did NOT have an affair with her father and that her imprisonment had nothing to do with Christian either， she is still having difficulty processing her mother’s thought pattern at both taking her own life and leaving that cryptic note。 Meanwhile， she reluctantly comes aboard as a Legal Intern with Buck Technologies while not giving up on her own dreams。 The Director Irving Bass who reviewed and initially attacked her play， admits he was in a bad place and is planning to go into rehab。 Prior to that， he wants to meet with Kate because he desires to develop the idea she had for her play to make it a viable piece he can produce and stage for her。Ironically， her play deals with the origins of ‘big data’ and how the information taken from it can be misused with a focus on the 1930’s IBM Hollerith D-eleven card sorting machine。 More specifically， her play is now intent on portraying the role this machine played in drawing the census data that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party used to identify and later exterminate over six million Jews during the WWII Holocaust。 It sounds like a winner of an idea， but the comparisons to information that Buck Technologies may have been misusing comes to light in shocking ways during her tenure there。On her first day of employment she meets a fellow co-worker named Patrick Battle， a young man she used to babysit for。 He inadvertently breaches company protocol by mentioning the name of a project he was working on and immediately regrets it。 Fearing that he might get fired for this misdeed， Patrick is instead approved for a corporate retreat in a far-away jungle in Columbia。 What seems like a corporate white-collar adventure turns into a nightmare when Patrick disappears from his group and is kidnapped。 A ransom is sent shortly thereafter to Christian at Buck demanding the Code 6 technology for his safe return。 Code 6， often thought to be a myth， is the deadliest tech that Buck has ever created and in the wrong hands could do damage the equivalent of that which was covered in Kate’s play about the Hollerith sorting card machine。Kate feels responsible for Patrick and goes to meet with Sandra Levy in prison to find out what exactly she went away for and if it has anything to do with Code 6。 Christian does not want to deal with terrorists， but also cannot afford the negative publicity or exposure if something were to happened to Patrick and Code 6 was revealed to the world anyway。 Grippando keeps a lot of balls in the air during CODE 6 and the action is pretty much non-stop。 What really drives this novel are the characters --- fully fleshed-out， real， and complex throughout --- and you cannot stop by feel and root for Kate Gamble every step of the way right up to the stunning conclusion。Reviewed by Ray Palen for Book Reporter 。。。more

Nikki ，

Code 6 by James Grippando is an interesting thriller that keeps you guessing just who did it。 This story is about Kate and her family。 Kate is writing a play and while researching she finds out some interesting information。 The information that she finds is still used today and someone wants it。 She can't help but compare what she is writing with what is going on at her dad's company。 This story shows just want someone will go through to get something they want。 This story is an interesting read Code 6 by James Grippando is an interesting thriller that keeps you guessing just who did it。 This story is about Kate and her family。 Kate is writing a play and while researching she finds out some interesting information。 The information that she finds is still used today and someone wants it。 She can't help but compare what she is writing with what is going on at her dad's company。 This story shows just want someone will go through to get something they want。 This story is an interesting read and shows just how valuable something could be。 It is a quick paced book that you want to keep reading。 Highly recommend for fans of thrillers and James Grippando。 。。。more

Kate ，

Code 6 by James GrippandoWhy haven’t I heard of James Grippando before？ Don’t know， but thanks to Goodreads， now I have， and I loved his recent thriller， "Code 6。 "What did I love about it？ 1。 The protagonist Kate， working her way through relationships that test her trust and make her question the intentions of those she cares about most。2。 The pace of the plot and subplots。 I didn’t feel as if the narrative lagged at any point as we raced from suicide？/murder？ to kidnapping; from corporate corr Code 6 by James GrippandoWhy haven’t I heard of James Grippando before？ Don’t know， but thanks to Goodreads， now I have， and I loved his recent thriller， "Code 6。 "What did I love about it？ 1。 The protagonist Kate， working her way through relationships that test her trust and make her question the intentions of those she cares about most。2。 The pace of the plot and subplots。 I didn’t feel as if the narrative lagged at any point as we raced from suicide？/murder？ to kidnapping; from corporate corruption to espionage。 3。 The character development， especially of the kidnappers。 Here is Javier， demonstrating moving the sharp blade of his hunting knife in the spaces between his fingers。 “The shiny blade moved from one position to the next faster and faster still。 The tapping became like machine gun fire， the counting like one long word。 The accountant jumped to his feet and hurried away， muttering something about the insanity of this place。 Javier’s motion built to what seemed like controlled frenzy， if there was such a thing----back and forth， thumb to pinkie。 The knife was a blur， the tapping nonstop， the rhythm ever escalating----until a deafening scream echoed in the mountains。” [p。97]3。 The theme of the abuse of technology and the debates on this theme between Kate and her father。 Her father rationalizing: “Even if you don’t do business directly with the enemy， it’s still a leap of faith as to how the technology will be used。 There are bad apples everywhere。 In every company。 In every government。 It’s impossible to know what’s in every customer’s heart。” [p。 75]4。 The use of a play within the story that provides historical context enriching the novel’s settings and themes。 “She’d fleshed out the entire first act with new material on the life and career of IBM’s founder and CEO， Thomas J。 Watson， Sr。 In June 1937， Watson became president of the International Chamber of Commerce， urging “world peace through world trade。” His inauguration was at the annual ICC banquet， held at Friedrich Wilhelm III’s romantic eighteenth-century castle outside Berlin， organized by chief Nazi propagandist Josef Goebbels in what would go down as the most elaborate party in the history of the Third Reich。” [p。 88]5。 The author’s choice of settings which allowed readers to learn interesting facts about the Tyson’s Corner-Washington DC area as well as South America。 "Tysons Corner was regarded by many city planners as the quintessential "edge city，" a term popularized by a Washington Post reporter to describe the transformation of what was once the quiet suburbs into a more intense concentration of business， shopping， and entertainment outside a traditional downtown。 Technically speaking， Tyson's Corner was a "census-designated place"----more research for the cutting room floor----situated along the capital beltway in Fairfax County。 The tech industry fueled much of the growth， and Kate's father had been years ahead of the trend by picking up his family when Kate was a little girl and moving the headquarters of Buck Technologies from Silicon Valley。 One of Kate’s earliest memories of her new hometown was waiting in line with friends for the opening of the world’s first Apple store at Tyson’s Corner Center， one of two superregional malls that were the city’s retail crown jewels。” [pp。 7，8]“Kate exited the Metro station to Judiciary Square， a neighborhood filled with more government employees than any other square block in America。 It had always struck Kate as odd that neither the U。S。 Supreme Court nor the U。S。 Department of Justice was actually in Judiciary Square， but it was otherwise chockful of federal and municipal courthouses and office buildings。 Among those closest to the Metro station was the U。S。 Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia， the largest of the nation’s ninety-four U。S。 Attorney’s offices， employing more than three hundred assistant U。S。 attorneys。” [p。 44]“The five-thousand-mile Cordillera de los Andes runs the length of South America， then splits into three ranges in Columbia。 Sandwiched between the peaks of Cordillera Occidental， Cordillera Central， and Cordillera Oriental are two great valleys， Valle del Cauca and Valle del Rio Magdalena， whose rivers run northward until they merge and flow into the Caribbean Sea。 The valleys in western Columbia， the country’s most mountainous region， were savanna， with a broad belt of trees about halfway up the mountain， then more savanna at the mountain crest。 All of it was swampy， even the mountainside。 Thick grass， clover， and mosses held rainfall like a sponge well into the higher elevations。” [p。 116] Thank you to Goodreads Giveaways， HarperCollins Publishers， and James Grippando for introducing me to this great thriller/suspense stand-alone novel。For other reviews， please visit booksilove。com 。。。more

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