The Hanged Man's Song

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Not exactly a techno-thriller...

Another Kidd Novel!!

Probably the Best of the Kidd Series!!!

A good book

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The Hanged Man's Song
John Sandford
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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

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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the phenomenal Prey novels returns with The Hanged Man's Song.

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Not exactly a techno-thriller..........2007-05-24

...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!!.......2006-11-27

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!!!.......2006-08-03

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.

A good book.......2005-08-09

After reading 8 Prey novels by Sandford, I read the latest Kidd novel, The Hanged Man's Song, and enjoyed solid yet unremarkable effort by Sandford. Kidd, don't think his first name was ever mentioned, is a computer hacker who tries to find out what happened to "Bobby" when he is no longer online. Bobby is the ultimate hacker that has info that if it is in the wrong hands, could destroy many people including Kidd and his squeaze LuEllen.

This book draws on some past characters I was unfamiliar with, including John, a black man with a militant past that he too wants hidden. They find Bobby murdered in his home and know they can't call the authorities without bringing suspicion upon themselves. Kidd draws attention to the case in a unique way and then after that its up to Kidd, LuEllen and John to track down the most valuable thing in the world, Bobby's laptop computer. Bobby's computer contains enough hacked information to destroy the USA. Kidd must operate outside the law while at the sametime work with Senators and congressmen.

I enjoyed this book, but it didn't overwhelm me like the first Prey novel I read. Kidd seems a lot like Lucas Davenport to me. Sure, he doesn't know how to use a gun and isn't a good fighter, but he is smart and cunning and comes across as a man without much depth, or at least we are not given a history to sympathize with why Kidd is the way he is.

I have yet to read Sandord novel I didn't enjoy and will probably go back and read the first Kidd novel and then the rest of the series.

Hacking 101.......2005-08-08

This is my first John Sandford book, and even though it is the fourth installment of the Kidd series, it can be read as a separate novel, and I was able to follow along without any trouble.

These are the adventures of Kidd, a computer genius/super hacker/criminal mastermind who happens to paint as a sideline, and his on and off girlfriend LuEllen, a cat burglar. I have no idea if the computer stuff is accurate, and if it is, it's certainly scary that people can track you with every step you make, but it makes for good reading anyway.

The murder of a secretive uber-hacker named Bobby causes a lot of problems for Kidd and co, and it becomes a matter of life and death for them to retrieve Bobby's laptop, which contains enough dirt to bring down many major politicians, as well as Kidd, LuEllen and many more in the network.

Fast paced, vividly detailed and extremely plausible, at least to non-techies, it makes for a quick and thoroughly entertaining read.

Amanda Richards, August 8, 2005

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