IT Can Be Dangerous

By Ita Ryan

***** Selected as one of the 'Ten to Taste 2014' by crime and thriller site Crime Fiction Lover. *****

Here are extracts from some reviews - you can see more on Goodreads.com and the usual review sites.

"I love mysteries and this debut from Ita Ryan was superb! She kept me guessing until the very end and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Cynthia is a fabulous amateur detective and I want more!!!"

"This book is a must read...The plot is well written and flowed. I loved the way Ita writes the characters. The office politics is believable."

"A well-crafted whodunit is deftly set up and unfolded for us in high-tech London cubicle-land, with looming deadlines, debugging, redundancies, outsourcing, a mysterious handsome stranger...and a bit of office backstabbing.
With a knife.
In the corner office."

"lots of laughs..."

"As for whodunit, the clues were all there, but I never suspected until the culprit was revealed at the climax. For me, that is the acid test of a good murder mystery..."

"I finished your book at 3am this morning. Very impressed."

"Well written fast-paced book. Believable characters (especially the boss)."

"Some parts made me laugh out loud, the dialogue was natural and believable, and the pace was perfect - when I reached 75% on the kindle edition, I stayed awake until 1am to finish reading. IT Can Be Dangerous kept me interested, entertained and hoping for more Cynthia Hegarty mysteries! Recommended."

"I was glued from the first page and was unable to put it down..."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ita Ryan
• Release date: Nov 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311128508

Ita Ryan

I've always loved reading mysteries. It was probably inevitable that my first book would be a whodunnit. 'IT Can Be Dangerous' opens with a murder in a conventional London City office and explores what the startled body-discoverer did next.I've been a computer programmer for years, so a programming office was the natural environment to set the book in.I was born in Dublin. I've lived in Ireland for most of my adult life except for a year in Sydney (the one in Australia) and two years working in the City in London.I've had my writing broadcast on Irish national radio station RTE1. At work, I specialise in C++ real-time software development and, more recently, .NET.I have a degree in Politics and Philosophy and a First Class Masters in Applied Computing for Technologists.I've taught both creative writing and computer courses.There's a bit of a theme here....In 'IT Can Be Dangerous' I got to blend writing and programming into my favourite genre - crime fiction. I put a lot of work into making the programming sections accessible though so don't be intimidated... if you're a mystery fan, this is the book for you!

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