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The Hanged Man's Song (Kidd)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425199107
ISBN: 042519910X
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: September 28, 2004
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: September 28, 2004
Studio: Berkley
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Editorial 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
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the phenomenal Prey novels returns with The Hanged Man's Song.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Disappointing
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Not exactly a techno-thriller...
...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 ... Read More
Rating:  - Another Kidd Novel!!
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Probably the Best of the Kidd Series!!!
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.
Rating:  - A good book
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 ... Read More
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