Tom Clancy's Net Force: Penguin Publishing Group

Playing detective in a mystery simulation, Net Force Explorer Matt Hunter investigates the high-profile murder of a wealthy young socialite--last seen alive with the heir apparent to a political dynasty. But this mystery is based on reality, and someone will go to any length to keep the more than 40-year-old case closed.

Created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik, written by Bill McCay

In the future, computers rule the world. The Net Force was formed to protect us from any and all criminal activity on-line. But there is a group of teenage whiz kids who sometimes know more about computers than their adult superiors. They are the Net Force Explorers. They go where no one else can go. And they fight crime like no one else in the world... The Net Force Explorers are shocked. Their commander, James Winters, is being accused of murder. To prove his innocence, they have to delve into his past as a Net Force agent -- to the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of his wife four years earlier. The Explorers must use every resource at their disposal to sift out the truth from the lies -- and to fight for the life of the man who taught them everything there is to know about courage and honor...