Three paperback novels by John Sandford (Photos below - books unread)
' THE EMPRESS FILES '
P/B, 2005. 177 x 110mm wide, 356 pgs. NEW - POST INCL.
'When the cops of Longstreet, Mississippi see a black boy running away from them and clutching something in his hand, there's only one thought in their minds - bag snatcher. So they shoot him in the back. Except, Darrel Clark isn't a thief, he's a computer-crazy fourteen year old, who was running home before his ice-cream melted. And now he's dead.
When the predictable police cover-up begins, Darrel's friend, Marvel Atkins, decides it's time for the corrupt city government to go. Using Darrel's computer, she contacts the only two con-artists with the nerve to take on the whole city; Kidd, computer hacker extraordinaire, and his partner and some-time lover, Lu-Ellen. To pull this off, the sting has to be perfect. And it will be, because Kidd knows one thing, it's this: a corrupt city regime is about as stable as a house of cards. All he needs to know is where to push...'
' THE FOOL'S RUN '
P/b, 177 x 110 wide, 338 pgs. NEW BOOK. POST INCL.
'FAST, WILD, CLEVER AND FUN... AHERO WHO'S IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST, THE TRAVIS MCGEE OF MICROCHIPS.' Carl Hiaasen
'Kidd is a pretty good painter, but it's selling his genius with computers that pays the rent. The billionaire owner of Anshiser Aviation offers him the biggest ever payday to deal with a corporate spy and wreak havoc on the computers of Anshiser's rival, for whom he is working. For this money, Kidd is even willing to work with a team - LuEllen, a cat burglar, and Dace, a journalist who'll do anything for a scoop.
But Kidd finds that computer fraud is child's play compared with the defence industry's Machiavellian games. Lives are soon on the line in this cool, high-tech thriller from the NEW YORK TIMES best seller. A LUCAS DAVENPORT THRILLER
' BROKEN PREY "
New book, P/B, 390 pgs.
'The first corpse is found on the riverbank. The second in an isolated farmhouse. Both have been savagely beaten, the skin flayed from their bodies, their throats cut.
For both victims, there's a DNA match. Charlie Pope, a convicted sex offender, has cut himself free from his court imposed ankle bracelet and disappeared. Now all Davenport has to do is find him.
But something doesn't smell right. The killings were calculated and methodical. Pope is of low mental intelligence, incapable of forethought and planning.
All the evidence points to Pope - Davenport has his doubts. To find the answers, he must track down his key suspect. And to do that, he'll need the help of the Big Three: three vicious serial killers locked up in the state security hospital. Three killers as cunning as they are deranged....'
'An exciting and superbly elegant demonstration of intelligent crime writing' Guardian
