Spyder Web (Tom Grace)

This story of industrial espionage on a grand scale is full of thrills and adventure, and I was interested enough in what would happen next to keep reading, but I have to say it didn't really grab me. A lovely freelance reporter who digs up secrets for the right price discovers something called the Spyder, an experimental device that can lurk on someone's network, locate any information on any computer connected to the network, and send that information out to its handler without detection. She finds an interested buyer, a sinister Chinese agent, and this begins a contest that involves former KGB agents, daring SEALs, computer hackers, and high-speed explosions on land and water. The characters never really came alive for  me, but it was fun anyway.