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New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2005.
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Fiction S
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390 p.; 24 cm
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Available
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:Don't miss this �??sexy, bloody thriller"(Publishers Weekly) in #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford's Prey series... The first body is of a young woman, found on a Minneapolis riverbank, her throat cut, her body scourged and put on display. Whoever did this, Lucas Davenport knows, is pushed by brain chemistry. There is something wrong with him. This isn�??t a bad love affair. The second body is found three weeks later, in a farmhouse six miles south. Same condition, same display�??except this time it is a man. Nothing to link the two victims, nothing to indicate that the killings end here. �??This guy�?��?� Lucas said. He took a deep breath, let it out as a sigh. �??This guy is going to bust our chops.�?� And soon he is going to do far, far… (more)
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LibraryThing member mrtall
Lots of plot. Lots and lots.
Sandford's series is still good fun, though, and he's done his loyal readers a favor by shipping all of Davenport's domestic encumberances off on an extended overseas journey.
Sandford's series is still good fun, though, and he's done his loyal readers a favor by shipping all of Davenport's domestic encumberances off on an extended overseas journey.
LibraryThing member Bookmarque
A long-running series is a difficult thing. How much character and background can you add to please new readers but not annoy devotees at the same time? Lately it seems that he’s aiming to please the latter and as one I think it works. Newcomers to the series will find things a bit shallow, but
Thankfully Weather and the brats are shipped out of the country for this one. I think Sandford knows how much they weaken Davenport, but now that he’s created them he’s shy of killing them off. Doing so would probably kill Davenport anyway, so it’s a compromise to move them physically apart from each other. It worked in Naked Prey, too.
In this one, Sloan seems to be the one suffering the most. Back a few books, we had Davenport in the grips of clinical depression and now Sloan seems to be following. He keeps telling Lucas that he is going to quit. Lucas doesn’t want him to, but is encouraged by others to encourage Sloan in this plan; to buy a bar and get out of the crime business.
This one has a lot of detective work as usual. There are red herrings and a lot of violence which is also normal. The solution is implausible, which is not always the case with Sandford, but hell, this is fiction. What we want is compelling and readable and that's just what we get.
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that’s ok with me. There’s a lot of history with the characters and you just have to read the other 16 books or whatever in order to find out what it is. He’s not going to repeat these details in every novel because he knows that annoys the loyal reader. Robert Crais takes this approach as well and I appreciate it.Thankfully Weather and the brats are shipped out of the country for this one. I think Sandford knows how much they weaken Davenport, but now that he’s created them he’s shy of killing them off. Doing so would probably kill Davenport anyway, so it’s a compromise to move them physically apart from each other. It worked in Naked Prey, too.
In this one, Sloan seems to be the one suffering the most. Back a few books, we had Davenport in the grips of clinical depression and now Sloan seems to be following. He keeps telling Lucas that he is going to quit. Lucas doesn’t want him to, but is encouraged by others to encourage Sloan in this plan; to buy a bar and get out of the crime business.
This one has a lot of detective work as usual. There are red herrings and a lot of violence which is also normal. The solution is implausible, which is not always the case with Sandford, but hell, this is fiction. What we want is compelling and readable and that's just what we get.
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LibraryThing member Madam
I have read nearly all John Sandford's novels. I am never disappointed by his
work. His writings are always top-notch, his characters are developed to the extent necessary while the plots are carefully maintained & pitched. John Sandford/John Camp is nothing less then a skillfill author.
work. His writings are always top-notch, his characters are developed to the extent necessary while the plots are carefully maintained & pitched. John Sandford/John Camp is nothing less then a skillfill author.
LibraryThing member amf0001
The first time I read this I was a bit upset that Sandford didn't know how to incorporate Letty better. She was such a good character and here she's shoved off to London and never says a word. However on the reread, I liked the plot much better and enjoyed Millie and her sex life, and the intracies
I love this series and have just gone through a rereading binge of them. This is one of the better ones in terms of mysteries, its the one that ends up in the mental institution and has the riff of Lucas chosing the top 100 rock songs of all times, and all the cops opinions of it. I liked this one, it's a reread and a keeper. A
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of this 15th (?) installation in the prey series. I love this series and have just gone through a rereading binge of them. This is one of the better ones in terms of mysteries, its the one that ends up in the mental institution and has the riff of Lucas chosing the top 100 rock songs of all times, and all the cops opinions of it. I liked this one, it's a reread and a keeper. A
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LibraryThing member wispywillow
A crime-mystery, but Jeffery Deaver has set the bar very high, and John Sandford doesn't quite measure up. The characters are flat and dull, and apparently they don't know that over 95% of male rapes are committed by HETEROsexual men, NOT homosexual ones. And this ****ing book can't seem to get off
Do your homework next time, John Sandford.
Eventually, though very slowly, the book starts to redeem itself. But the characters are rather flat. I guess I'm spoiled on Jeffery Deaver's incredibly complex characters.
Not a terrible book, and I'm sure many people love it, but it's just not my cup of tea.
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the "gay" thing after a male murder victim is found to have been raped before his death. $%^&* It just irritates the **** out of me. It's already hard enough to get male rape victims to come forward, and the whole "if you are a man and you got raped, you must be gay" doesn't help one bit. And as I said before, well over 90% of the RAPISTS are heterosexual. Rape is about power and domination, not about sex.Do your homework next time, John Sandford.
Eventually, though very slowly, the book starts to redeem itself. But the characters are rather flat. I guess I'm spoiled on Jeffery Deaver's incredibly complex characters.
Not a terrible book, and I'm sure many people love it, but it's just not my cup of tea.
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LibraryThing member readafew
This is the 16th book in which Lucas Davenport stars as the hunter for a serial killer. It appears John Sandford is back into the track in which made Davenport such a fun read and kept you on the edge of your seat reading. I hope he can keep it up. Even though this is the 16th book this series
Davenport is called by Sloan to a grisly murder scene where the victim had been severely tortured, killed and left on display, almost in her backyard. Sloan's initial reaction was "he's going to do it again". How do you find a guy who leaves no evidence and seems to be able to magically disappear?
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doesn't require chronological reading to enjoy it.Davenport is called by Sloan to a grisly murder scene where the victim had been severely tortured, killed and left on display, almost in her backyard. Sloan's initial reaction was "he's going to do it again". How do you find a guy who leaves no evidence and seems to be able to magically disappear?
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LibraryThing member SonicQuack
Lucas Davenport, the star of a myriad of Sandford's 'Prey' novels returns once more to hunt down a serial killer. It's a standalone book, only using the series as a backdrop and little else. About 200 pages in I had an inkling to who was killer (usually the Prey novels follow a the killer in
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detail, building suspense via other methods). Hah! How wrong was I. As the story escalates this routine crime novel goes in to overdrive and the climax is absolute chaos. It's a real page-turner, full of suspense, great characters, emotion, action scenes which are brilliantly written... and of course one of the best plots I had read in a crime book. This is Sandford at his finest - miss it at your own peril. Show Less
LibraryThing member jepeters333
Lucas Davenport chases down a brutal killer who ends up being on staff at St. John's a mental hospital in Mankato, MN.
LibraryThing member claude_lambert
This is a book with the usual qualities of Sandford: it is neatly packed and logical and if you start it, you will finish it as soon as you can: the interest is sustained.
It did not work for me. I don't have the stomach for too much gore, and an abundance of profanity does annoy me.
I keep the book
It did not work for me. I don't have the stomach for too much gore, and an abundance of profanity does annoy me.
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because it has Sandford's 100 best songs of the rock era. It is a perk for this book that protagonists discuss what the best rock songs could be. It shows something that I have believed a long time: you cannot find anybody who loves equally the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The shift is as deep as in classic music: on one side you get Bach and Stravinsky, on the other Beethoven and Verdi. Anyways, if you do not mind gore, go for it, it is as good as any Sandford. Show Less
LibraryThing member seldombites
I found the beginning of this book a little disconcerting as it chopped and changed a fair bit. However, once I got into the story, I was hooked. The author maintains a good level of suspense throughout and the plot has more twists and turns than you would find in a maze. Interestingly, I was
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completely unable to pick the culprit until the author was ready for me to do so, which is fairly rare these days. If you like murder mysteries, you will love this book. Show Less
LibraryThing member ecw0647
There seems to be a new rule in American crime fiction that all perps have to be really evil, nothing subtle or conflicting. It’s not enough to murder someone, they have to murder in multiples, and if that weren’t enough, they must mutilate the body too, and to top it off, brag about it to the
In Broken Prey, another in the Lucas Davenport series, the cop who has millions from designing a computer game but just loves to go after bad guys in his Porsche, there is another portrayal of crime in its most excruciating detail. Is it really necessary that we must participate in the sordid details of the butchery of victims? Frankly, it turns me off and makes me wonder about Mr. Sandford and perhaps those who enjoy reading that stuff. What ever happened to the imagination which can be gory enough.
OK, now that I have that off my chest, the Prey series still remains pretty decent in its investigatory plots if wildly unrealistic. Talk to any cop and see if any of them recognize themselves in these stories. Never happen. Tearing around town in a luxury car and truck and rarely doing any paperwork. The Lone Wolf as superhero while pretending to be sensitive in his girlfriend relationships, one of whom is a nun-psychologist for God’s sake. Hmm, slipped back on my chest, didn’t I.
I’m almost embarrassed to admit I enjoy listening to these books especially when read by Richard Ferrone. They do make satisfying listening while mowing or driving (as long as my wife or anyone under 21 isn’t around.)
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cops. It’s as if we can’t root for the cops if the perp is your ordinary killer. These are the antithesis of Simenon, Mankell, and many other very good writers who display their talent through an examination of the subtleties of crime.In Broken Prey, another in the Lucas Davenport series, the cop who has millions from designing a computer game but just loves to go after bad guys in his Porsche, there is another portrayal of crime in its most excruciating detail. Is it really necessary that we must participate in the sordid details of the butchery of victims? Frankly, it turns me off and makes me wonder about Mr. Sandford and perhaps those who enjoy reading that stuff. What ever happened to the imagination which can be gory enough.
OK, now that I have that off my chest, the Prey series still remains pretty decent in its investigatory plots if wildly unrealistic. Talk to any cop and see if any of them recognize themselves in these stories. Never happen. Tearing around town in a luxury car and truck and rarely doing any paperwork. The Lone Wolf as superhero while pretending to be sensitive in his girlfriend relationships, one of whom is a nun-psychologist for God’s sake. Hmm, slipped back on my chest, didn’t I.
I’m almost embarrassed to admit I enjoy listening to these books especially when read by Richard Ferrone. They do make satisfying listening while mowing or driving (as long as my wife or anyone under 21 isn’t around.)
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LibraryThing member dickmanikowski
John Sandford is a remarkably consistent author, as well as a very prolific one. Neither of those traits are necessarily good. But in his case, they are.
I hadn't realized until I was probably 50 pages into this one that I'd read it before. Luckily (and predictably), it was well worth
That's my allotment of adverbs for today.
I hadn't realized until I was probably 50 pages into this one that I'd read it before. Luckily (and predictably), it was well worth
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rereading.That's my allotment of adverbs for today.
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LibraryThing member kalyhi
The Lucas Davenport "Prey" series are always well done. This one was exceptional.
LibraryThing member Carol420
A body is found on a riverbank;throat cut and body scourged. Three weeks later another body is found in a farmhouse. Nothing to relate the two victims other than being in the same condition. This is a real whodunit with the killer not being revealed until the last few chapters. I certainly got it
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wrong. What I did find amusing was Davenport's 100 greatest rock tunes that he compiles for his I-pod. Show Less
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2005
ISBN
9780399152726