After reading some of Sandford's books, I've come to the following conclusion - his "Prey" books are fantastic but his Kidd and LuEllen books are boring and stupid!
This is similar to "Empress File" - someone hires Kidd and LuEllen to do something to bring someone down - in this case, to destroy the computers of a major defence company and in the process punish the company for stealing the secrets from their rival. But the book is ludicrous! After planting a few computer viruses, the company collapses, army generals are arrested for corruption....is it so easy to destroy a US defence company? I don't think so. Are US systems programmers so stupid that they can't spot a virus and trace it to its source? I don't think so!
Plus it's so blatantly obvious that Kidd and LuEllen are being set up, it's so blatantly obvious who is going to get killed, who the bad guys are, and it's so blatantly obvious that Kidd and LuEllen are being fed a load of bull by their customer. Every reader can see it - why can't the characters? When Sandford finally reveals the shocking truth at the end, he writes it as if no-one has figured it out yet - you'll find yourself sitting there thinking "oh yeah? I figured THAT out on page 10!"
Sandford should stick to writing his "Prey" books. Kidd and LuEllen should be forced into early retirement. By writing the Kidd books, Sandford is obviously writing for the lower end of the market.