Ajay and his dog Garrison live a simple, anonymous retirement in a simple, anonymous suburb protected by software that is anything but simple. The software Ajay wrote (he used to be a government superhacker) foils surveillance and erases any traces of the house, the dog, the man, from databases – government or private – that might sweep across this little anonymous node. It also resets Ajay's identity every day.

Everything is fine until Ajay's long missing daughter Sashi turns up, dumps her two daughters in the house with instructions to hide them, and then vanishes again. This might have been a plan except that Ajay isn't set up to entertain or feed teens, and the teens are not interested in staying with grandpa. Out the door they go and BANG the alarms go off. The government is after them, Sashi's employer is after them, and Ajay's world is turned inside out. He's too old for this.

This is a mildly amusing spy romp. I don't particularly recommend it, but it is OK if old man in a pickle humor is something you like.

I received a review copy of "Grandfather Anonymous" by Anthony W. Eichenlaub from Oak Leaf Books through NetGalley.com. ( )