Raw Data

Julie Blake is the youngest vice-president at ICI a major player in the Silicon Valley computer arena. Between swigs of Maalox, an occasional date with her fiance and managing a crew of eccentric computer wizards, life is, well, busy. Especially when the body of a top-secret Project 6 programmer is found inside a huge mainframe.
Julie has two weeks before Project 6 is terminated leaving her on the fast track to nowhere. With the help of a maverick computer investigator who gets on her nerves as well as her libido, Julie follows a growing trail of bodies as a killer silences anyone who gets in the way.
"A fresh and often funny debut novel that manages to make its milieu comprehensible even to the computer-ignorant..." - Kirkus Reviews
"...this very entertaining mystery nicely catches the flavor of Silicon Valley..." - Booklist