The Fool's Run (Kidd Series # 1)

by John Sandford, John Camp, John Camp (Other)

Overview

John Sandford, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Prey novels gives suspense an ingenious twist as he takes readers into the mind games of two irresistible con artists plotting the perfect sting…

Kidd is a computer whiz, artist, and professional criminal. LuEllen is his lover, and his favorite partner in crime. Their playing field in on the cutting edge of high-tech corporate warfare. This time they’ve been hired by a defense industry corporation to destroy its business rival through computer sabotage. If Kidd and LuEllen can pull it off, they’ll reap millions. It’s the sting of a lifetime. One false move and it’s a lifetime sentence. As the takedown unfolds, everything goes according to plan. But their string of successes turns into a noose when the ultimate con artists find themselves on the wrong end of the ultimate con…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425155721
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/28/1996
Series:	Kidd Series , #1
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	27,003
Product dimensions:	6.74(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.81(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

John Sandford is the pseudonym of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of the Prey novels, the Kidd novels, the Virgil Flowers novels, The Night Crew, and Dead Watch. He lives in New Mexico.

Hometown:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Date of Birth:

February 23, 1944

Place of Birth:

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Education:

State University of Iowa, Iowa City: B.A., American History; M.A., Journalism

Website:

http://www.johnsandford.org

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Fast-paced action, high-intellect puzzle-solving, dandy characters…If you start guessing outcomes, you are fooled.”—Minneapolis Star & Tribune

“Crime fiction doesn’t have nearly enough droll master thieves like Kidd and his stunning partner in righteous crime, LuEllen.” —The Los Angeles Times

“John Sandford grabs you by the throat and never lets go."—Robert B. Parker

“Gripping, ultramodern…fast-paced and suspenseful.” —Chicago Tribune

“John Sandford has created the kind of trimmed-to-the-bone thriller that hard to put it down.” —Chicago Tribune

"John Sandford has no peers.” —Associated Press

Editorial Reviews

Fast-paced action, high-intellect puzzle-solving, dandy characters…If you start guessing outcomes, you are fooled.”—Minneapolis Star & Tribune

“Crime fiction doesn’t have nearly enough droll master thieves like Kidd and his stunning partner in righteous crime, LuEllen.” —The Los Angeles Times

“John Sandford grabs you by the throat and never lets go."—Robert B. Parker

“Gripping, ultramodern…fast-paced and suspenseful.” —Chicago Tribune

“John Sandford has created the kind of trimmed-to-the-bone thriller that hard to put it down.” —Chicago Tribune

"John Sandford has no peers.” —Associated Press

From the Publisher

Making his fiction debut under his own name--he used the pseudonym John Sandford for his detective novel Rules of Prey , published in July by Putnam--Camp offers a different brand of intrigue, with a multitalented hero as narrator. Artist, cat lover, student of karate and the tarot and freelance computer criminal, Kidd is jack of varied-enough trades to stoke many future adventures. In this one, he's hired by a dying tycoon to befoul the elaborate information systems of a rival aerospace outfit, ostensibly to avenge the company's theft of plans for an innovative defense design. With an attractive burglar as his sidekick, Kidd creates mayhem by stealing information, gathering dirt on the company's employees and implanting ``viruses'' (information-destroying programs) in their computers, but the real enemy turns out to have a different identity. The author's brisk style makes even the welter of technical information that he provides interesting, and the novel's climax is witty and almost cinematic. Whether as Camp or Sandford, he's a welcome addition to the ranks of suspense novelists. 50,000 first printing; $50,000 ad/promo. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Kidd, a computer-whiz-for-hire, accepts a risky, high-paying assignment to sabotage an aerospace corporation's computer system. A rival firm wants him to stall the company, which had gained unfair advantage by stealing secret plans for a missile-targeting device. Kidd sets to the task by enlisting a beguiling cat burglar, an unscrupulous journalist, and a mystery accomplice who can only be contacted by telephone for great stores of confidential electronic data. Thus, they are able to steal codes, con information, and buy downloads to advance their purpose. A double-cross and murder enliven the final third of the story, but the set up plods too slowly to hold readers' attention until the action starts. Public libraries should buy if marketing hype stirs demand. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 4/1/89; as John Sandford, Camp is also the author of Rules of Prey, LJ 7/89.-- Will Hepfer, SUNY at Buffalo Libs.

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