Trying to find a mid 1990s crime novel I once read?

September 6, 2012 2:13 PM

Trying to find a book from the mid 1990s. It was about a painter/criminal who gets involved with stealing high tech stuff from big wigs, rich people, and his accomplice was a cocaine addict, I believe the character's name was Annie. They would break into houses and steal hard drives, if I am remembering correctly. One time they kill a guard dog in some dudes house, and another time Annie gets shot by some thug with a zippo lighter pistol. Eventually they are confronted by I think the FBI in a hotel room. The cover was a tech Matrixy looking cover, matte black with shiny red lettering. Any ideas? I swear it was a two word title that was futuristic, computery sounding. Read it when I was in like 5th 6th 7th grade when I was about 11 or 12. Any help would be much appreciated thank you.

The cover was a tech Matrixy looking cover, matte black with shiny red lettering. Any ideas? I swear it was a two word title that was futuristic, computery sounding. Read it when I was in like 5th 6th 7th grade when I was about 11 or 12. Any help would be much appreciated thank you.

posted by partial to Writing & Language (4 answers total)

Could this be one of the Kidd novels by John Sandford?
posted by Malla at 4:08 PM on September 6, 2012

I came in to say the Kids novels too.
posted by fshgrl at 5:08 PM on September 6, 2012

Best answer: This is "The Fool's Run" by John Sandford.
Sidekick is LuEllen, who occasionally does cocaine.
.22-in-a-Zippo scene is on page 151 of the paperback.

John Sandford is my favorite author - the rest of this series is good, and it's held up well considering it's techy/espionage stuff written 10+ years ago.
posted by Coffeemate at 7:38 AM on September 7, 2012 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
posted by partial at 12:49 PM on September 7, 2012