Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport, No 9)
by John Sandford
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Author: John SandfordEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-06-01
ISBN: 0425168298
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Berkley
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- ISBN13: 9780425168295
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Book Reviews of Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport, No 9)
Book Review: Lucas is back and better than ever. Humor! Suspense! Intrigue!
Summary: 4 Stars
In SECRET PREY, a bank executive is murdered while deer hunting, and Lucas Davenport must sort through a myriad of suspects and motives to find out who the twisted killer actually is. I've read all but a three of the "Prey" books, and they all have one thing in common. THEY ARE AWESOME. Don't get me wrong, they aren't perfect. I think there is too much bad language, for one, and, well that's about it. I read a few out of order then started reading the series in order.
Daniel S. Kresge is the CEO of Polaris Bank. Polaris is about to merge with another bank and this merger will cause some people to make a lot of money, and others to lose their jobs. Kresge is shot while hunting and no murder weapon or witnesses are found. Was it a hunting accident or did one of the four people with him kill him. There is Susan O'Dell, a smart women who in her past had an affair with an unamed artist (Sandford's Kidd, I believe). Wilson McDonald has family ties that date back to Polaris for 100 years. He is also a drunk and beats his wife. Robles is a computer geek that let it be known on an internet chat room that it would help him if Kresge died. James Bone, an ivy leaguer, smart, a friend of Davenport, could be next in line now that Kresge is dead. These four all have friends and acquaintences with various hidden agendas. As you can see, the character list is extensive, and at times hard to keep track of. But, don't worry, at the center of it all is Lucas Davenport.
Lucas is still trying to hold it together after his fiance Weather left him. She left him because she was still traumatizes over Lucas ordering a sniper to kill a bad guy whose head exploded only inches away from hers. Lucas is good in this novel, as his cast of friends, Del, Sloan, and Marci. I enjoyed the humor and the interaction between Lucas and his friends. Aside from a few moments, Lucas and co. never seemed in danger.
Aside from changing Lucas from book to book, the hard part in the series is creating new and interesting villians. Stanford's strength and what makes him stand out is the equal point of view time he gives to his villians and suspects. We feel like we know them, and that makes the chase that much more exciting. In SECRET PREY, Stanford once again creates a unique villian and reveals them in an original manner.
Readers considering Stanford will love this book, but I recommend you start at the first, Rules of Prey. It is just as good as all the rest. Also, give his Kidd series a shot. They're a lot of fun as well.
Summary of Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport, No 9)
A wealthy banker is shot dead during a hunting trip. Many people wanted him killed-but even Lucas Davenport can't fathom the real reason why.John Sandford is back with his dapper, dangerous Minneapolis deputy police chief Lucas Davenport for a ninth "preyer" meeting. Fans of the series will be glad to hear that it's full of smart suspense and deduction as well as explosive action. Davenport and his fellow cops are still recovering from the deadly revenge scheme that maimed them in Sudden Prey, which seems to have ended the relationship between Lucas and his doctor lady friend. This accounts for the depression that dogs him as he is sent to investigate the killing of top banking executive Daniel Kresge in a hunting lodge north of Minneapolis. Any of Kresge's four fellow hunters--all employees at his Polaris Bank--could have shot him, and all had motives, as did his almost ex-wife. About halfway through the book we find out who the real killer is, just a few pages before Lucas does, and that villain is a masterful creation, an example of the banality of evil worthy of Hannah Arendt. This is where Sandford's beautifully honed skills at creating suspense really kick in: he keeps us fascinated as Davenport, revitalized by an affair with a jaunty colleague, tries to turn what we all know into hard evidence. --Dick Adler
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