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Matt Bugatti is a phenom. A PhD at nineteen, he could land a post at any university or think tank in the country. But that would be too easy--and safe. Instead, Matt joins a team to build a top-secret supercomputer for the NSA, powerful enough to spy on millions. The schedule is tight and the workload is brutal. When his best friend suffers a tragedy, Matt is ready to give up, go home, and teach. Then one night Matt meets Gina Bianchi, and sparks fly. For the first time in Matt's life, all the puzzle pieces fit. Then Matt has a breakthrough to put the program back on track. Time to relax. But not for long. Matt's discovery has attracted unwelcome attention: Chinese State Security has their eye on him, and now, Gina. When Gina disappears Matt goes into hiding, faced with a terrible choice: Betray his country, or lose the woman he loves...

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★★★★★ This tech thriller is one of the best books I've read this year. A. R. Shaw ★★★★ Explore international politics, corporate boardrooms and high technology in this exciting debut novel. Lori Tatar ★★★★ An extremely well written and highly enjoyable thriller. Would recommend to any fan of thrillers. Andy Wormald ★★★★★ Gripping! Page turner! Hope Matt Bugatti continues as a series, since he is such a tenacious and likeable detective. Sheri Fischer ★★★★★ One of the best books I have read in this genre in quite a while. Alex Behounek ★★★★ You will find 'The Girlfriend Experience' a fast, fun-filled read that will leave you looking forward to the sequel or next book from O'Donnell. Franc Woods ★★★★ Each new chapter throws a different twist that I didn't see coming. The characters had so much life to them that it was hard to believe that they don't really exist somewhere. Ann Livi Andrews

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Charles O'Donnell writes thrillers with high-tech themes in international and futuristic settings. His works include The Girlfriend Experience, an espionage thriller and the first book in the Matt Bugatti series; Moment of Conception (Matt Bugatti #2), a political thriller; Shredded: A Dystopian Novel, Shade, and Univirtual, cautionary tales of the potential for technology to either augment reality or to replace it entirely, and the erosion of privacy in a world in which everything is shared online, and nobody reads the terms and conditions. Charles recently retired from a career of thirty-five years in engineering and manufacturing to write full-time, drawing on his years of experience leading technology teams in many countries on three continents to create compelling settings in faraway lands.Charles lives with Helen, his wife and life partner in Westerville, Ohio.

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