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Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thrillers Thrillers & SuspenseIn a series of books all based around the same police officer I would've thought that by now the books would've become extremely repetitive and similar. I would think that every book would follow the same format, with different names and methods of killing. However, thus far I have not been disappointed (outside of a very small number of instances). This book takes a totally different approach to Lucas Davenport's case files...
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I think John Sandford is one of the better mystery writers working today. Most of his books pit Lucas Davenport in a Cat and Mouse chase against the known perpetrator -- this book is more of an "Agatha Christie" type book where you don't know who did it until the evidence unfolds. I don't want to give it away, but the bad guy is one of the more evil "perps" you will ever read about.
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In the ninth installment of the Prey series, Lucas Davenport has to sort out a hornet's nest of suspects with motive to determine who killed the board chairman of a local bank.Sandford does a great job of setting up the reader for the surprise villain. This is a little different than other 'Prey' books, because the bad guys are usually more apparent.Also in this new 'Prey' book, Lucas' personal life takes a hit in the form...
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All of John Sanford's "Prey" novels are excellent! I often go back and reread all of them when a new one comes out. Which is why I was a little surprised by the complete abandonment of Weather. In "Night Prey" when Lucas and Weather were getting together, she insists that he come and watch her operate...afterwords, (ppg. 168-169) she explains to him that her job requires her to be "cold. I can't get involved. I like patients...
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This man can write. He knows people. He knows business, and he has used all of this to write an utterly facinating book--again. Sandford's books' strength has always been his people and his sense of place. This time he has added characters, that still read like real people, but now some of them have varying levels, but always accurate, insider knowledge about the arcane world of business. This all by itself is a tour...
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