My next novel is *The Bezzle*, a high-tech ice-cold revenge thriller where two-fisted forensic accountant Marty Hench takes on the sleaziest scams of the 2000s, from hamburger-themed Ponzis to the unbelievably sleazy and evil prison-tech industry:

us.macmillan.com/books/97812508…

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/nar…

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I'm taking Marty on the road! I'll be visiting eighteen cities between now and June, and I hope you'll come out and say hello, visit a beloved local bookseller, and maybe get a book (or two)!

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21 Feb: @wellerbookworks, Salt Lake City, 1830h:
wellerbookworks.com/event/store-co…

22 Feb: @wellerbookworks, San Diego, 19h:
mystgalaxy.com/22224Doctorow

24 Feb: @Vromans, Pasadena, 17h, with @AdamConover (!!)
vromansbookstore.com/Cory-Doctorow-…

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26 Feb: Third Place Books, Seattle, 19h, with @NealStephenson (!!!)
thirdplacebooks.com/event/cory-doc…

27 Feb: Powell's Books, Portland, 19h:
powells.com/book/the-bezzl…

29 Feb: Changing Hands Bookstore, Phoenix, 1830h:
changinghands.com/event/february…

9-10 Mar: TFOB Science City:
tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?action=displa…

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