The Fool's Run (Kidd) | John Sandford | a great beginning to the Kidd series

The Fool's Run (Kidd) | John Sandford | KIDD BOOKS

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The Fool's Run (Kidd)

	The Fool's Run (Kidd) John Sandford Berkley, 1996 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 27 reviews view larger image
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Corporate con games from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author.

On the cutting edge of high-tech corporate warfare, two state-of-the-art con artists find the noose tightening--when their ultimate con turns against them.

a great beginning to the Kidd series

I finally got around to read one of my favorite author's early novels, The Fool's Run, by John Sandford. The Fool's Run introduces Kidd (no first name is ever given). Kidd has been featured in four Sandford novels and this is the first (the Empress File is second). He's an artist by day and a computer hacker by night.

Anshiser Corporation has problems. They are developing a new fighter jet for the US Defense Department. Their corporate rival, Whitemark, is also developing a new jet. Whitemark has stolen some technology from Anshiser that threatens to destroy the company. The beautiful Maggie Kahn finds Kidd painting on the riverbanks of the Mississippi and gives him an offer he can't refuse. It seems that Maggie knows all about Kidd's abilities with computers. She offers him a job to destroy Whitemark and reap the rewards of a big payday.

Obviously, the technology in this computer related thriller will be outdated, but that doesn't take away from the fun of reading one of Sandford's first novels. The first thing I noticed is the high quality. Sandford started out great and has remained that way. I enjoyed learning how Kidd and friend LuEllen (full-time thief met). We're also introduced to Bobby, Kidd's hacker friend that gives him some much needed assistance. Fans of Sandford and the Davenport series will love this book. Those of you who have read Dead Watch will have deja vu reading an ambush scene located in the deep woods of West Virginia.

This is a traditional Sandford novel, with a lot of suspense, bad language and sex. Kidd and LuEllen are interesting characters. They are, after all, thiefs, and LuEllen does have a drug habit. Still, you'll find yourself rooting for them as they try and outwit Whitemark and live happily ever after.

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