In Zero Days by Ruth Ware, Jacintha (Jack) Cross is a penetration tester. She and her husband, Gabriel (Gabe) Medway, conduct physical and digital penetration tests of corporate security systems. She is the on-site physical tester and Gabe provides “hacker” digital testing. On Saturday, February 4, Minus Eight Day, she is apprehended and taken to the police station. This is the least of her problems because Gabe is soon discovered with his throat slit and Jack is the prime suspect. She goes on the run. Can she discover Gabe’s murderer before the police arrest her? Ware maintains the tension as Jack struggles to dodge the police long enough to find Gabe’s killer.
Jack’s problems immediately escalate when one of the cops interrogating her is Jeff Leadbetter, her abusive and vindictive ex-boyfriend. In addition, when she sneaks home to retrieve her go-bag, she injures her side, and this wound continues to get worse throughout the book.
Throughout her adventures, she is befriended by good Samaritans from a food vendor who gives her a free veggie burger to a couple of truck drivers who go out of their way to see that she gets where she needs to go.
The book includes a lot of tech, including cloning cell phones and monitoring cell phone activity. Jack also uses her “pen tester” skills (social engineering and lock picking).
Despite all Jack's difficulties, the tension is never high as it is always clear that the good guys will prevail. The world of Zero Days is a benign place populated by good people.
This 2023 book was easier to follow than the 2016 The Woman in Cabin 10 and I liked it better.
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