Dark Angel by John Sandford

DARK ANGEL by John Sandford is the second in a series about Letty Davenport and it is an engrossing adventure filled with memorable characters and plenty of armed violence in the name of doing good. Letty acts as a consultant to the US government and is paired with Baxter, a computer nerd for NSA, in an attempt to find and infiltrate a group of idealistic hackers. Danger increases as Russian security forces join the hunt and begin targeting some of the group members. Letty is a strong, self-reliant protagonist who reminded me of characters in novels like Quinn’s The Diamond Eye, Box’s Treasure State, and Paretsky’s Overboard. I enjoyed DARK ANGEL so much that I plan to listen to The Investigator, Letty’s first adventure. Sanford is an award-winning author probably best known for his Prey series featuring Lucas Davenport, Letty’s father.