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The Devil's Code (Kidd and LuEllen, Bk 3)
The Devil's Code - Kidd and LuEllen, Bk 3
Author: John Sandford
 When Kidd -- artist, computer whiz, and professional criminal -- learns of a colleague's murder, he doesn't buy the official story: that a jittery security guard caught the hacker raiding the files of a high-tech Texas corporation. It's not what his friend was looking for that got him killed. It's what he already knew. For ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780743415576
ISBN-10: 0743415574
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 208
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Publisher: Pocket Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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reviewed The Devil's Code (Kidd and LuEllen, Bk 3) on + 17 more book reviews
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Not as good as Lucas Davenport series, but entertaining none the less.
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Hi-tech novel featuring Kidd - computer whiz and professional criminal- and his partner/lover, LuEllen, on a wild ride tracking down the killers that are after their motley gang.
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If you like high-tech fun and games, then Sandford's Kidd novels are for you! This is the
third in the series.
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At his home in Dallas, John James Morrison knows he is in trouble by the nocturnal visit of the security agents. They escort John to AmMath where St. John Corbiel plays a tape in which they caught John violating company policy. John tries to bluff but Corbiel kills him. The security agents arrange a cover-up to make it seem like a night guard shot John while discovering him in a forbidden area late at night.

John's sister Lane Ward believes the official interpretation of her sibling's death rings false. She asks John's former partner Kidd to investigate her brother's death. Kidd, an expert on stealing data traveling along the information highway, agrees. He learns that John uncovered something major that led to his deliberate murder. Kidd and his partner LuEllen begin to uncover a monster conspiracy involving AmMath and the Feds using technology to hide murder and blackmail. That knowledge could make Kidd the next dead person.


It has been about a decade since John Sandford wrote a Kidd novel (see THE FOOL'S RUN and THE EMPRESS FILE) having switched to the popular Prey novels. Perhaps the earlier Kidd tales were ahead of the times, but with the Internet, Intranet, and Extranet explosion, THE DEVIL'S CODE plays like a modern day electronic thriller. The tale is well executed due to Kidd's intellect, witticism, and ethical beliefs. Although it may seem hard to accept an electronic thief has scruples, Kidd does and that propels his compulsion to investigate. Best selling author John Sandford has returned with one of his great characters in a story that will please more than just net conspiracy buffs because of its fast-paced, gigabit loaded hard driving plot.
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For all Sandford fans a story filled with high tech fun and games, a cool espionage caper.
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reviewed The Devil's Code (Kidd and LuEllen, Bk 3) on + 3 more book reviews
great book...reads fast!
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Kidd and LuEllen uncover the true reason a friend and colleague was murdered. It's not what his friend was looking for that got him killed. It's what he already knew. Discovering the secrets of the friend's firm, a high-tech Texas corporation, and its devious entrepreneur is job of these con artists. A delicious conspiracy that is fastinating and stunning in righteous crime. Full of action and provocative.
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Kidd is a great character from Sandford. If you like his other books, you'll like this one.


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