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    The Devil's Code
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    The Devil's Code

    Written by John Sandford

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

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    About this audiobook

    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…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateOct 25, 2012
    ISBN9781101617090
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    The Devil's Code
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    John Sandford

    John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of thirty-three Prey novels, two Letty Davenport novels, four Kidd novels, twelve Virgil Flowers novels, three YA novels co-authored with his wife, Michele Cook, and five stand-alone books.

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    • 4/5
      The Devil's Code. Kidd gets into this mess becuase a freind of his suffers a violent death under suspicious circumstances. He meets up with his friends sister it leads to all kinds of big trouble. Turns out someone is using government financing and satalites to line their own pockets. Kidds friend was killed for accidentally finding proof of treason. When messing with people dealing with that kind of money they play for keeps.
    • 4/5
      this was a nice change. i have read quite a few code books, books about all the intricacies of the computer world and the terrorism that goes with it. for one the fact that again, i was drowned in middle eastern conflict (it seems lately that a book can't be written unless it is about that; which is sad, talk about not using any imagination) this one did touch on it but it was more about other things. again i quite liked it and would recommend it.
    • 4/5
      this was a nice change. i have read quite a few code books, books about all the intricacies of the computer world and the terrorism that goes with it. for one the fact that again, i was drowned in middle eastern conflict (it seems lately that a book can't be written unless it is about that; which is sad, talk about not using any imagination) this one did touch on it but it was more about other things. again i quite liked it and would recommend it.
    • 3/5
      I have to admit I did not finish this book; I read about a third. I just found it too "scattered' and I had a hard time even knowing what was going on. If I didn't have other books to read, I might have stuck with it, but I did not feel this was worth the effort. Usually I love Sandford, but this was certainly not my favorite.
    • 4/5
      Great story. Intriguing and thought provoking!
    • 4/5
      Now this is more like it. In the first novel featuring Kidd, The Fool’s Run, the computer hacker was hired to illegally retrieve losses to industrial espionage. After the twist and turns and betrayals, we get to see the villain outfoxed and forced to watch everything gained through treachery taken away; and there is a satisfaction when the final defeat is conceded. The second Kidd novel, which involved wresting power from a corrupt Delta town, ends in a physical confrontation with one of the demented villains. It fulfilled the thriller aspect of the story but there was something lacking. When the protagonist’s primary skill is manipulation--even if it is mainly the manipulation of data--there simply needs to be more to the victory.The Devil’s Code gives us the best of both. When a fellow hacker dies under suspicious circumstances, his sister brings Kidd a coded, pre-death message. Before he can even make plans to proceed Kidd discovers the government is interested in a radical hacker group called Firewall--and he, under his hacker name, is listed as a member. He knows some of the other names listed, has heard of some others, but they are not an organization. Kidd and his friends have to uncover the truth before the government runs them to ground.LuEllen, Kidd’s friend and occasional lover, returns to help and her skills as a professional thief again compliment his as a computer genius. Better, Sandford arranges an ending that gives us the final battle befitting a thriller but leaves a lingering enemy for a checkmate. This time out, satisfaction delivered.
    • 4/5
      ”The Devil’s Code,” the third entry in John Sandford’s series featuring Joe Kidd and LuEllen, is the most enjoyable so far. Kidd is an artist, hacker and con man and LuEllen is a burglar and con artist. Together they hack, burgle, and con various and sundry shady characters for fun, profit, and revenge. The action usually leads them into danger and dead bodies pile up.Devil is superior both in plotting and character development to “The Fool’s Run” and “The Empress File,” the previous entries in this series. A hacker is murdered and his sister seeks Kidd’s help in finding the murderer. Kidd quickly turns up a message from the murdered hacker identifying the likely culprits and asking for Kidd’s help. LuEllen joins Kidd, the mysterious Bobby is a never ending source of intel, and John Smith, introduced in “Empress,” provides assistance.Despite the steady improvements in this series, “Devil” suffers from several shortcomings. One is Sandford’s practice in this series of the “rolling” resolution. In “Devil” the penultimate resolution involves Kidd in not one but two shoot-outs. One would have been quite enough, thank you, if anyone involved in the shootout could shoot straight. It’s not as if there was any genuine suspense and Sandford had us wondering if Kidd were going to be Killed. So shoot the damn bad guy and get it over with.Another weakness is the Bobby character, which is essentially a literary “cheat.” Whenever Kidd needs critical information, securing resources, making travel arrangements, or finding someone to provide assistance, all he has to do is call Bobby and viola, the needed assistance materializes. That is okay occasionally but Sandford needs to work harder at crafting imaginative solutions instead of continually resolving all of the plot difficulties with a call to Bobby.Finally, the book ends on a weak and not particularly believable note. What started out as a murder mystery morphs into political moralizing in which the government is portrayed as the bad guys and the burglers/hackers/con artists are the patriotic heroes who are protecting our freedom. Jullian Assange and Edward Snowden will love the ending but it’s a sad literary “cheat.” What a shame to end a solid book with such a weak, contrived ending.
    • 4/5
      When a fellow computer whiz known as Sanford is killed under suspicious circumstances, Kidd, artists, computer hacker, and professional criminal finds himself in the crosshairs of a government investigation targeting a group of hackers calling themselves Firewall. Something's rotten in the state of Texas, and with the NSA, the FBI, and a pair of corporate assassins on their tails, Kidd and LuEllen are a short step ahead and a long way out on a limb.A bit rough around the edges, but I didn't want to stop turning pages.
    • 5/5
      Another great thriller about Kidd, the 40-something hacker and painter, his best friend Luellen the thief, and a circle of shadowy hackers trying to protect themselves. A group calling itself Firewall has appeared and is causing the U.S. government to go after hackers to try to stop a computer attack. At the same time, a murder leads Kidd and Luellen to try to figure out who has named Kidd as a member of Firewall. Sandford's writing is fun and, although now quite dated technologically, moves quickly along. I continue to be surprised that these books haven't been turned in to movies, because there are great characters and engaging plots in each of his books.
    • 3/5
      This is a unique book for me, as it lists as a suspense novel. This is a story about a hacker named Kidd who gets involved investigating the murder of a friend by request of his friend's sister. This gets wrapped into a federal investigation of a hacking group known as Firewall. The story bounces between several states, deals with details of being a thief, a hacker, and an amateur detective that is covering their own arse.I didn't realize this to be the third book in the series, but the writer did allow for the first time reader with adequate details. I liked the way that the story laid out and it moved with a decent pace. Some points dragged as they gave extraneous details that may or may not have been necessary for the movement of the book. AS a story, it was decent enough, though I'm not sure if I would read the entire series.As for the audio style of the book, I didn't care for this reader. He didn't change the voice inflection enough for a woman vs a man when reading dialog. His voice sounded scratchy, which may fit the character but I didn't care for it as I listened.
    • 3/5
      First time I read this author. Premised looked interesting (I like hacker novels) The main character, Kidd gets involved with a friends sister when his friend ends up dead under suspicious circumstances. Turns out the company that is manufacturing a cipher chip for the governement has found other uses for its technology and satellites when it is obvious that the chip is redundant. Alot of this book reads like that. The tech definitely shows its age, and alot of the methods he employs is hard to believe. It is still an interesting and exciting book.