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Summary: A FIRST RATE BOOK
Review: This was my first john sandford book and it was a great first choice it is the type of book that you could read in one sitting definitely fast paced i did find in the first few pages had alot of metaphors that were kind of annoying but then this book really takes off.Mr.kidd who is the main character who is a memeber of computer ring of geeks (who happens to be a professional criminal, an artist and at times a reader of tarot cards) gets a message that is possibly problems with one of his geek friends.When he and one of his friends go to investigate they find his geek friend bobby with a crushed skull and his computer missing. Mr. Kidd having fear that members of the ring and some of the deeds they have done might be exposed and wanting to find out who killed bobby and why begins to search and finds out there maybe information on the computer that could bring many high placed political officials down. Give this book a read it is well worth it
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Summary: another page-turner
Review: When a hacker is killed and his laptop stolen all hell breaks loose. Kidd and LuEllen need to find the laptop, break the code, and avenge their friend. If the fast pace and wonderfully drawn characters hadn't kept me turning pages, the computer technology and hacker inside information would have. I read the last 300 pages in one sitting.
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Summary: Gripping Plot + our familiar characters warm in 4th "Kidd"
Review: While Sandford is known far and wide for his dozen or more "... Prey" series, starring Lucas Davenport, often in chase of serial killers, this novel comprises just the fourth entry in the artist computer expert, Kidd. [If he has a first name, we don't know it.] In the first three stories, Kidd is for hire to generally right wrongs for clients who cannot acquire justice for usually white collar crimes by conventional methods. Most of what Kidd does is technically illegal, but we grow to admire not only him but his sidekick, LuEllen, a definite thief and burglar who seems to have few redeeming qualities, other than that she is the best at stealthy breakins, and oh by the way, a fun bedroom companion of Kidd. A third character completes the regular cast, "Bobby", a reach-only by computer links-type guy who can hack into anywhere and find out anything -- so he's a frequent Kidd helper. This story starts with a big surprise -- Bobby gets murdered. Immediately, Kidd sets out to find not only the killer but to protect his own future from the secrets he fears Bobby may have stored on computer about him and LuEllen. The race that follows between Kidd (with a little help from LuEllen who seems to be along for just companionship for a change) and the bad guy is typical Sandford suspense at his best. Indeed, the bad guy makes very clever use of the computer network to pretend to be a Bobby successor and suck Kidd out and keep tabs on him. Things pretty much turn out OK at the end, at which point LuEllen and Kidd start to have some very interesting conversations about the future. Computer technology changes quickly -- if you haven't read the first three in the series you might wish to do so before the tech stuff is just totally lame. For the same reason, this series as is has a questionable future: could our leading couple go straight, settle down, and have "Kidds" ???!!!
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