title: The Fool's Run (Kidd)
author:  John Sandford 
description: Fast-paced action, high-intellect puzzle-solving, dandy charactersIf you start guessing outcomes, you are fooled.<b>Minneapolis Star &amp; Tribune</b>
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  the Fool's Run (1989)
  
  
  Sandford, John - Kidd 01
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  2011
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Fool's Run
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  John Sandford
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  PROLOGUE:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It was hard work, which he hadn't expected. The thief removed each leaf from
  the blueprint book, squatted and centered it between tape markers on the rug.
  When it was in place, he stood up, squinted through the camera's viewfinder,
  and tripped the shutter. Then he did it again, ninety-four times, a long half
  hour of deep knee bends.
  
  
  As he worked, he talked to himself: "Ooo, that's got it, Danny... Awright,
  motherfucker... Let's move this sucker a leetle bit this way...
  
  
  When he finished, he was sweating. He turned off the photo-flood and lit a
  cigarette.
  
  
  The thief was tall and sandy haired, with a long English face, beaked nose,
  and china-blue eyes. His ruffled-front shirt was buttoned and cuffed with onyx
  studs. He wore tuxedo trousers, a black