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G.P. Putnam's Sons (2004), 368 pages
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:�??Hard-boiled computer hacker Kidd and his sometime girlfriend LuEllen make for a refreshingly roguish couple�?� (Entertainment Weekly). Now they�??re back in #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford�??s electrifying novel of murder, intrigue, and revenge�??Kidd style. When Kidd�??s superhacker friend Bobby is murdered and his laptop is stolen, Kidd knows it�??s panic time. The secrets stashed in Bobby�??s computer are enough to hang Kidd and everyone else in Bobby�??s criminally ingenious cyber-circle. It�??s up to Kidd and his partner LuEllen to track it down, find Bobby�??s killer, and save their own necks�??because the secrets are downloading faster than anyone anticipated. And they�??re fa… (more)
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LibraryThing member Bookmarque
It’s been ages since I read a Kidd novel and I don’t remember them very much. But I do remember that Kidd is a criminal hacker/non-criminal painter and his sidekick is a professional thief named LuEllen. At least that’s the name she goes by and the only one Kidd knows. The action is swift,
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but disjointed - we get a lot of interruptions and downtime, which I suppose is more 'realistic', but can makes the flow choppy. Show Less
LibraryThing member readafew
Kidd and LuEllen are back agian and this time it's personal. Someone killed Bobby, and Kidd finds himself trying to find the killer before he ruins most of the hackers in the US, includeing Kidd himself. Bobby knew things about a lot of people and many knew he knew. Some were worried where he kept
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his info. The murderer is a nut who starts using the info on Bobby's laptop to cause some major political upheavals, Kidd and company are afaid they may be the next 'big story'. Find him before he finds the wrong dirt. Show Less
LibraryThing member audryh
Master thief Kidd and his partner, LuEllen, a master burgler, search for the killer of the computer genius and his laptop.
LibraryThing member davidpwhelan
Excellent alternative to flavor-of-the-month "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". Anyone interested in computer espionage and hacking will find Sandford's plot and writing more plausible and enjoyable than Larsson's.
LibraryThing member jepeters333
Kidd's friend Bobby the superhacker has been murdered. When Kidd goes to his house, he finds that his laptop has been stolen. Whoever has the laptop can incriminate lots of people, including Kidd.
LibraryThing member SunnySD
The death of a superhacker Kidd considered a friend (albeit and unmet-in-person one) sends ripples through the online elite and sends Kidd and LuEllen on a dangerous search for a vicious killer. And of course they have no choice but to mess with a few government agencies and the odd politician
The technology may get a bit dated, but the story and the characters don't.
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along the way.The technology may get a bit dated, but the story and the characters don't.
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LibraryThing member rufusraider
The Hanged Man's Song by John Sanford was a very good read. This story starts off with the murder of an internet hacker being killed for information the he has. The killer takes his high powered laptop.
A group of his fellow hackers get worried and start sending coded messages with information that
The two men who discovered the murder are trying to find out who might have done it. Then information starts being released by the murdered about politicians and the government agencies that came for the laptop.
The rest of the story is about the search for the murderer and to somehow bring him to justice or death. The search also leads to a Senate committee that is gathering up information on fellow politicians to be able to control them.
This is another well told story by John Sanford. Like all of his other mysteries, this one will keep you entertained.
A group of his fellow hackers get worried and start sending coded messages with information that
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will allow one of them to get his address to check up on him. One of the hackers and another person get the information and go check him out and find he has been murdered and his laptop has been stolen. The search the house for any information that the hacker may have on site to keep it from the authorities. To get the FBI involved in searching for the murdered, they set up the scene to look like a hate crime killing of a black man. Unfortunately, the FBI ignores some clues and goes after the KKK.The two men who discovered the murder are trying to find out who might have done it. Then information starts being released by the murdered about politicians and the government agencies that came for the laptop.
The rest of the story is about the search for the murderer and to somehow bring him to justice or death. The search also leads to a Senate committee that is gathering up information on fellow politicians to be able to control them.
This is another well told story by John Sanford. Like all of his other mysteries, this one will keep you entertained.
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LibraryThing member dickmanikowski
John Sandford is primarily known for two series of books. The [INSERT WORD HERE] PREY series features Lucas Davenport and his ensemble of colleagues from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The second series (with inconsistent titles which make it less clear that they constitute a
But there's a third series that's less well known. It features Kidd, a successful artist with a deep background in computer hacking.
This was a new Kidd novel for me, though it came out 11 years ago. It's well worth reading. The characters, action, and suspense are every bit as well developed as they are in the Davenport and the Flowers books.
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series) features Virgil Davenport (often referred to as "that f*ckin' Flowers) features a BCA investigator who mainly works on his own, though he coordinates his investigations with Davenport and calls in help when he thinks he needs it.But there's a third series that's less well known. It features Kidd, a successful artist with a deep background in computer hacking.
This was a new Kidd novel for me, though it came out 11 years ago. It's well worth reading. The characters, action, and suspense are every bit as well developed as they are in the Davenport and the Flowers books.
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LibraryThing member DrLed
Synopsis: Kidd's contact, Bobby, has disappeared off of the web. Kidd and John go to check on him and find he has been murdered, and worse, that his laptop has been stolen. With LuEllen, Kidd and John have to get the laptop back and track down Bobby's killer before he releases the information on
Review: This was a really good book in that the story was convoluted without being so overly complicated as to ruin the plot. Characters are well written and interesting. This makes me want to go back and read the other Kidd novels.
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the computer putting them all in danger.Review: This was a really good book in that the story was convoluted without being so overly complicated as to ruin the plot. Characters are well written and interesting. This makes me want to go back and read the other Kidd novels.
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LibraryThing member nbmars
This novel is part of a series by John Sanford featuring Kidd, a legitimate painter and not so legitimate computer hacker. This is the fourth in the series, but the first I have read. It stand alone quite well although it contains an occasional reference to events that probably took place in
In this book, an extremely competent hacker with the avatar Bobby is murdered in the first chapter. Although Kidd has never met Bobby, they are allies of a sort among hackers. Bobby’s murder spells trouble for Kidd because Bobby has a great deal of dangerous information about a lot of people, which may include Kidd himself. Kidd and his sometime lover LuEllen go searching for Bobby’s incriminatory laptop with a secondary motive of bringing retribution to Bobby’s killer. Sanford shares some interesting techniques of computer hackers, but the search for the laptop and the killer is somewhat humdrum as thrillers go.
(JAB)
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earlier books in the series.In this book, an extremely competent hacker with the avatar Bobby is murdered in the first chapter. Although Kidd has never met Bobby, they are allies of a sort among hackers. Bobby’s murder spells trouble for Kidd because Bobby has a great deal of dangerous information about a lot of people, which may include Kidd himself. Kidd and his sometime lover LuEllen go searching for Bobby’s incriminatory laptop with a secondary motive of bringing retribution to Bobby’s killer. Sanford shares some interesting techniques of computer hackers, but the search for the laptop and the killer is somewhat humdrum as thrillers go.
(JAB)
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2003-11
Physical description
368 p.; 4.3 inches
ISBN
9780425199107