Deadly Intrusion

by Walter Dillon

272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 1, 1987

Reviews

[Jack Heath]

Synopsis: to track down a computer-savy serial killer, remember this is the late 1980s, retired cop Jack Hanigan turns to his grandson for help.

[Roxann · Rating 3 out of 5]

From the cover: Beautiful, single, career women are his unsuspecting victims. He meets them innocently -- in the comfort of their own homes, accessed on the computer screen as video pen pals. With clever, charming and seductive messages he captivates them and lures them out. They see him only once -- on the night they will die. The pressure is on the D.C. police to pit traditional tactics against this electronic-age killer before he strikes again. To retired cop Jack Hanigan, computers are as puzzling as the murders. But when a victim's father hires him to find the killer, Hanigan's first step is to turn to a computer pro -- his hacker grandson. Together, with time running out, they race to track a brutal killer before another woman leaves to meet the high-tech man of her dreams and finds instead her ultimate nightmare.

This is an old book (published 1987) that I purchased at a garage/rummage sale. It read ‘murder’ who done it-so I thought well for ten cents why not. I found the book interesting. I like computers, but this book was written at the time when many people did not own or know anything about a computer. The male characters were a bit lacking in a well-rounded personality. They seemed (as another review wrote) not favorable to females. The ending was ok. I had thought the killer was another person in the book, but at the end everything was revealed. I think if I had read the book back in the 80s in may have gotten a higher rating from me. It wasn’t a bad book to read.

[Jen Peters · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good mystery. Old book, so it was funny to read about the early years of computers. Hard to believe there was a time when computers had just come out, and not everyone had one in there home, not to mention internet capability. I enjoyed that it was written about this area in VA, so I felt like I was reading about a true crime in my hometown or something.

[Dottie West · Rating 2 out of 5]

ONLY TWO OF THE MAIN MALE CHARACTERS DID NOT MAKE CRUDE OR DISPARAGING REMARKS ABOUT WOMEN: DISCONCERTING SINCE THEY WERE TRYING TO FIND A SERIAL KILLER WHO TARGETED WOMEN. THE TWIST AT THE END WAS TOO FORCED, TOO PREDICTABLE. WON'T BE LOOKING FOR THIS AUTHOR AGAIN.