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| The Hanged Man's Song (Kidd) | 
 enlarge | Author: John Sandford
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 91676
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 042519910X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425199107
ASIN: 042519910X
Publication Date: September 28, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: 2004 PB as shown. Overall cond very good. Text pgs clean. Located in family storage.(1109)
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Amazon.com Review
Just about everybody knows John Sandford for his long and successful Prey series. But just as well written and maybe more fun are his Kidd books, of which this is the fourth. Kidd is a professional thief for the Internet age: a cyberprowler, a hacker extraordinaire. In The Hanged Man's Song, he gets word that one of his key contacts--a superhacker known only as Bobby, whom Kidd has never met but has relied on many times--has disappeared. Kidd and an old buddy, both of whom could be compromised by data in Bobby's files, go looking for him. Finding his brutally murdered body draws them into a Hitchcock-esque intrigue that eventually involves stolen government secrets, crooked politicians, and a rogue CIA agent who's as crafty as he is creepy. While filling his tale with fascinating and authentic-sounding lore about the hacker subculture, identity theft, and security cracking, Sandford keeps the action brisk with plenty of white-knuckle chases, tense stakeouts, and hairsbreadth escapes. Couple that with a smart, agreeable narrator and a cast of vivid characters evoked with an old pro's ease, and you've got one winning thriller. --Nicholas H. Allison
Product Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the phenomenal Prey novels returns with The Hanged Man's Song.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 42 more reviews...
 I liked this book enough to track down an earlier one, The Devil's Code August 1, 2008
I liked this book enough to track down an earlier one, The Devil's Code, which I'm enjoying even more, and now I'm looking for two earlier Kidd novels: The Fool's Run and The Empress File.
The main character, Kidd, is a computer expert whose legal occupation is painting and whose illegal one is industrial espionage. His sometime partner in crime is LuEllen, a burglar, who helps Kidd at significant risk to herself and without complaining. She's a thrill junkie -- which is why she is a burglar for a living -- and a really interesting character. In this story, Bobby, the master computer hacker whose identity has long been hidden, is murdered and his files are popping up in the media. How did the killer find Bobby? The answer leads Kidd and company on the trail of the killer...
 Disappointing December 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Both in character development and in plot, this is not up to Sandford's usual strength. Much of the plot limps along with inept episode after inept episode, while the finale, with mysterious black vigalentes pulled mysteriously out of nowhere, is simply implausible. All this is a pity since ome of the main points of the book can therefore be overlooked: No information kept of a computer that is linked directly or indirectly through a network to the internet is secure. It can be obtained for illicit purposes and can be manipulated by unauthorized people. All that is much more scary than the villain of this piece whose motives and personality are largely left blank. Sandford is an engaging write, but this is one to read only if you have already exhausted the large supply of better novels by him.
Not exactly a techno-thriller... May 24, 2007
...but entertaining enough. I listened to HMS on the daily commute. If, as Publishers Weekly reports, "The early entries in this series have aged badly because of the advances in technology," that's all I need to read to know that I won't be exploring earlier entries in the "Kidd" series. HMS hardly fictionalizes technology at the cutting edge. As techno-capers go, it's pretty lame. But the story is decently paced, and its characters sufficiently well drawn (for a book of the genre). Score HMS an OK distraction, nothing more.
 Another Kidd Novel!! November 27, 2006
Even though it may be the last Kidd Novel for John Sanford, it did make me pick up all the others and read them once again. with this story it doesn't paint much of the hero/criminal of Kidd. you do get the idea that he's a righteous criminal with an overwhelming conscience to make him do good. and even though the other books brought you up to speed on the characters, this one still lets you know where they stand. love the little romance Sanford writes in with Kidd and LuEllen, putting a little sexual fantasy in a story does add some spice. but when reading this book don't make the mistake that Kidd is some geeky hacker. he's been military trained and even though he's very computer savoy, he's also an artist, which humbles his character down a bit. John Sanford writes up Kidd as an interesting hero who you just want to read more into. atleast this was from my point of view.
Probably the Best of the Kidd Series!!! August 3, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
With the death of Bobby and the whole world closing in on Kidd and LuEllen. This book gives me to believe that it is the final book in the Kidd Series, but the ending definitely leaves the door open for Kidd.
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