Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport #9)

Overall, very good, probably one of the better ones, though with a couple mis-steps. The sexual banter seemed a little contrived, and Lucas’ inability too see the personal attacks as attempts to distract him was puzzling, we’ve seen that ploy before, and you’d expect it to be obvious to Lucas. Even so, very enjoyable.

A combination of a suspense thriller and a police procedural.
The story revolves around the world of banking management personnel surviving a possible merger. This leads the reader to the first of several murders and terrorized injured victims.
The actual murderer is known to the reader about halfway through the book. The second half is spent on an excellent cat and mouse game in an attempt to gather enough proof to nail the wily suspect. The story and the procedural are very well thought out and entertaining. Twists and turns abound as the suspect eludes possible justice.

Lucas, himself, goes through a bit of a change in his personal life; a change, Im sure, many will like.
The characters, as usual, are so well developed they basically pull the reader into the story. There is no wasted dialogue. This well thought out storyline moves at a steady pace which is very worthy of your time.

A note for Mr. Sandford: Please move your decimals in the fture when discussing BAC. A BAC is not 1.75, for example; its reading is .175

I am an ardent John Sandford fan. I recently purchased and read the complete Prey series and then the complete Flowers series in order, and I’m only sorry I’ll have to wait for the next book in both series. Sandford is a novelist with the rare ability to carry over characters and plot elements with complete believabiity while allowing both to develop in interesting, unexpected but natural ways – the only other “serial” novelist who does this nearly as well is Anthony Trollope, and he avoids murders. I re-read these books with pleasure as great or greater than the first reading because the fast-paced narrative and unexpected plot developments pulls you to read fast the first time; the second or third you can pay attention to atmosphere (he’s great on significant landscape detail), character growth, and situation development. Sandford writes like a real novelist, not like someone trying to impress academia with his literary exclusivity.

Secret Prey is #9i in the Prey Series by John Davenport. Usually I am very excited reading his books. But not so with this one The start as exciting . Then the storyline staggered it got evolved in Big banking muders.There were several twists a nd turns and love envolvement with Lucas.

I have read all the Prey books and the ones with Virgil Flowers The biggest problem I have Is waiting for the next one to come out.Be it:Lucas Davenport,or Virgil Flower. I read them in order of there release. That isn’t necessary but some things take place that is fun to already know
the why and how.. I do that with all the suspense novels I read. It’s hard to find a character that is fully developed and has a personality that I enjoy.John Sanford is one of my favorite authors.

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