01947cam a2200385 i 4500 1473419528 TxAuBib 20240801120000.0 240325s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024012427 9781250848093 hardcover 1250848091 hardcover TxAuBib rda Borgos, Bruce, author. Shades of mercy / Bruce Borgos. First edition. New York : Minotaur Books, 2024. 352 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Porter Beck ; 2 "Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, doing the same lawman's job his father once did now that he's returned home after decades away. ... [His] twelve-person department [covers] a large area that is usually very quiet, but not of late. One childhood friend is the latest to succumb to a new wave of particularly strong illegal opioids, another childhood friend--now an enormously successful rancher--is targeted by a military drone, hacked and commandeered by an unknown source. The hacker is apparently local--local enough to call out Beck by name--and that means they are Beck's problem. Beck's investigation leads him to Mercy Vaughn, the one known hacker in the area. The problem is that she's a teenager, locked up with no computer access at the secure juvenile detention center"-- Provided by publisher. 20240801. Sheriffs Fiction. Homecoming Fiction. Criminal investigation Fiction. Opioids Overdose Fiction. Hacking Fiction. Hackers Fiction. Nevada Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Porter Beck ; 2. T3L