The Fool's Run; The Empress File; The Devil's Code; The Hanged Man's Song (Kidd and LuEllen, #01, #02, #03, #04)

John Sandford, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Prey novels gives suspense an ingenious twist as he takes readers into the mind games of two irresistible con artists plotting the perfect sting...Kidd is a computer whiz, artist, and professional criminal. LuEllen is his lover, and his favorite partner in crime. Their playing field in on the cutting edge of high-tech corporate warfare. This time they’ve been hired by a defense industry corporation to destroy its business rival through computer sabotage. If Kidd and LuEllen can pull it off, they’ll reap millions. It’s the sting of a lifetime. One false move and it’s a lifetime sentence. As the takedown unfolds, everything goes according to plan. But their string of successes turns into a noose when the ultimate con artists find themselves on the wrong end of the ultimate con..."Crime fiction doesn't have nearly enough droll master thieves like Kidd and his stunning partner in righteous crime, LuEllen" ("Los Angeles Times"). Enjoy the adventures of computer genius Kidd and cat burglar LuEllen in the first four novels from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of the Lucas Davenport series.The Fool's RunThe Empress FileThe Devil's CodeThe Hanged Man's Song John Sandford, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Prey novels, gives suspense an ingenious twist as he takes readers into the mind games of two irresistible con artists plotting the perfect sting... Kidd is a computer whiz, artist, and professional criminal. LuEllen is his lover, and his favorite partner in crime. Their playing field in on the cutting edge of high-tech corporate warfare. This time they’ve been hired by a defense industry corporation to destroy its business rival through computer sabotage. If Kidd and LuEllen can pull it off, they’ll reap millions. It’s the sting of a lifetime. One false move and it’s a lifetime sentence. As the takedown unfolds, everything goes according to plan. But their string of successes turns into a noose when the ultimate con artists find themselves on the wrong end of the ultimate con. John Sandford, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Prey novels gives suspense an ingenious twist as he takes readers into the mind games of two irresistible con artists plotting the perfect sting ... Kidd is a computer whiz, artist, and professional criminal. LuEllen is his lover, and his favorite partner in crime. Their playing field in on the cutting edge of high-tech corporate warfare. This time they've been hired by a defense industry corporation to destroy its business rival through computer sabotage. If Kidd and LuEllen can pull it off, they'll reap millions. It's the sting of a lifetime. One false move and it's a lifetime sentence. As the takedown unfolds, everything goes according to plan. But their string of successes turns into a noose when the ultimate con artists find themselves on the wrong end of the ultimate con .. #8220;Hard-boiled computer hacker Kidd and his sometime girlfriend LuEllen make for a refreshingly roguish couple#8221; (Entertainment Weekly). Now they#8217;re back in #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford#8217;s electrifying novel of murder, intrigue, and revenge#8212;Kidd style. When Kidd#8217;s superhacker friend Bobby is murdered and his laptop is stolen, Kidd knows it#8217;s panic time. The secrets stashed in Bobby#8217;s computer are enough to hang Kidd and everyone else in Bobby#8217;s criminally ingenious cyber-circle. It#8217;s up to Kidd and his partner LuEllen to track it down, find Bobby#8217;s killer, and save their own necks#8212;because the secrets are downloading faster than anyone anticipated. And they#8217;re far more staggering than anyone imagined “Crime fiction doesn’t have nearly enough droll master thieves like Kidd and his stunning partner in righteous crime, LuEllen.”— Los Angeles Times 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 Kidd and LuEllen, infiltrating the firm is the first move. Discovering the secrets of its devious entrepreneur is the next. But it’s more than a secret — it’s a conspiracy. And it’s landed Kidd and LuEllen in the cross-hairs of an unknown assassin hellbent on conning the life out of the ultimate con artists.... From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Prey series comes a crime novel of “classic stings” ( Booklist ). With the same sharp human insight he brings to the murderers and manhunters of his bestselling Prey novels, Sanford takes us into the minds of two irresistible con artists. Kidd and LuEllen are a winning pair of lovers and liars plotting the ultimate sting. Their target is the wealthy (and corrupt) mayor of a small Mississippi river town. Their setup includes buying a houseboat, assuming false identities, and exposing local scandals. Their scam is perfect. Until everything goes wrong.... Retail Kidd and LuEllen 1-4 ''Crime fiction doesn't have nearly enough droll master thieves like Kidd and his stunning partner in righteous crime, LuEllen'' ( Los Angeles Times ). Enjoy the adventures of computer genius Kidd and cat burglar LuEllen in the first four novels from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lucas Davenport series. The Fool's Run The Empress File The Devil's Code The Hanged Man's Song Con artists Kidd and LuEllen utilize state-of-the-art, high-tech corporate warfare to organize the technological takedown of a defense industry corporation, but their string of successes is cut short when the ultimate con artist gets conned Ex-soldier Kidd and his sometimes lover, LuEllen, are on the run when a colleague disappears and Kidd suddenly finds himself the subject of a national manhunt The ultimate con game thriller from the bestselling master of suspense, featuring the con artist team of Kidd and LuEllen.