Invisible Prey
by John Sandford
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Author: John SandfordEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-29
ISBN: 0425221156
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Berkley
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Summary: 2 Stars
Lucas Davenport is a high-ranking law-enforcement officer in Minneapolis. On paper, he reports to a superintendent at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, though in reality his boss is Rose Marie Roux - Director of the Dept of Public Safety. At the book's opening he's already working on one case - it's at a point where they're nearly ready to prosecute, though it is a little delicate. Burt Kline, they're pretty sure, "enjoyed the company" of a minor...the evidence they have is pretty good - for example, the girl was able to give a detailed description of the Kline's nether-regions. However, things have been complicated by the relationship he was also conducting with the girl's mother - so it's possible mother and daughter are just on the make. Furthermore, since he's a politician and there's an election looming, the case is also in danger of being thrown off by accusations of a political agenda.
Lucas is also called in on the 'Constance Bucher Case'. She and her maid, Mrs Peebles, had been seen alive on Friday afternoon - but neither had arrived for church on Sunday. Their bodies had been subsequently found in Bucher's house, having been beaten to death. Bucher was exceptionally rich - she owned Bucher Natural Resources, had lent a Rembrandt to the Art Institute and had seen one of the city's Boulevards was named in her honour. (However, sheet music for "Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" at the scene of the crime suggests that a big pile of money doesn't necessarily guarantee class). When Davenport arrives at the house, he discovers it has been well and truly trashed. It's clear from the outset that some items have been stolen - but it'll take a little time to verify exactly what has been taken. Initially they have no real leads, though it looks superficially like a 'local' robbery. Davenport , however, feels there's a little more going on than meets the eye - and he's right. Chillingly, the investigation draws him into the violent and murky under of antiques and quilting. Yes, really.
I'm a big fan of Michael Connelly's book, and his Harry Bosch character in particular. Davenport was someone I came to view as the anti-Bosch...an egotistical halfwit I didn't care about, couldn't root for and desperately hoped would be caught out as an idiot. He views his cases as an interest rather than a mission, drives a flash Porsche, sings along with appallingly bad country music on the radio, gets his intern to do as much of the investigating as possible and appears to confuse 'smarmy and occasionally irritating' for 'smooth and funny'. However, he can decide in a flash that he's exactly 83% certain of somebody's innocence. (It is a rare talent...I'd love to know what pushed him past the magical 82% figure). For me, the book's high-point came when our hero met Gabriella Coombs for the first time and she totally makes an arse out of him. Generally, however, Sandford's attempts at humour don't work too well...though, if he keeps trying, he may - in time - become known as the poor man's Kinky Friedman. The whole Kline case was a pointless distraction, and really shouldn't have been mentioned again after the book's second chapter. The book's two villains would be strong contenders for the most pathetic ever created - honestly, they'd be more at home appearing as a pair of snobbish caricatures in a dull, middle-of-the-road sitcom. Ideal for a long flight or a bus journey - you won't need to think too hard when you're reading it, and you won't feel bad about ditching it when you've arrived.
Summary of Invisible Prey
In the richest neighbourhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, killed with a pipe, the rooms ransacked, only small items stolen. It's clearly a random break-in by someone looking for money to buy drugs. But as he looks more closely, Davenport begins to wonder if the items are actually so small or the victims so random; if there might not be some invisible agenda at work here. Gradually, a pattern begins to emerge - and it will lead Davenport to somewhere he never expected. Which is too bad, because the killers - and, yes, there is more than one of them - the killers are expecting himLiterature & Fiction Books
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