Dark Wire

Dark Wire

By Joseph Cox

Pages

352

Rating

3.98

Year

2025

TechnologyTrue CrimeThrillerCrimePolitics

Description

In 2018, a powerful app for secure communications called Anom took root among organized criminals. They believed Anom allowed them to conduct business in the shadows. Except for one thing: It was secretly run by the FBI.

Backdoor access to Anom and a series of related investigations granted American, Australian, and European authorities a front-row seat to the underworld. Tens of thousands of criminals worldwide appeared in full view of the same agents they were trying to evade. International smugglers, money launderers, hitmen: a sprawling illicit global economy as efficient and interconnected as the legal one. Officers watched drug shipments and murder plots unfold, making arrests without blowing their cover.

This is a fly-on-the-wall thriller for the modern world, where no one can be sure who is watching.

Endorsements

“Written in the manner of a good crime thriller” — The Wall Street Journal