Sudden Prey
by John Sandford
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Author: John SandfordEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-05-01
ISBN: 0425157539
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Berkley
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- ISBN13: 9780425157534
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Sudden Prey
Book Review: In my opinion, the best "Prey" since "Eyes of Prey"
Summary: 5 Stars
As the title of this review says, this is the best "Prey" book since "Eyes of Prey," in my opinion. This book is completely original, out of the ordinary, and moves in a direction that I feel will become more prominent in some of the future "Prey" books. That direction is taking the action to the friends and family closest to Davenport.
This book is about revenge. Revenge is a reason for the killings in this book. The three killers are angry that Lucas and his squad killed their sister and another close to them. I suppose there was an element of revenge in "Shadow Prey," and an element of revenge in "Mind Prey," but this is revenge that is directly related to Davenport, not because of a relationship with the victims.
The characters are interesting. They are backwoods people that love guns and hunting and killing animals. Towards the beginning of the book I had a hard time connecting which characters were who and whom they were related to. But as the book goes on the connections become clear. I truely had an emotional attachment to one of the women in the book. She was more-or-less held against her will and drug along with the killers. It really pained me watching the story progress from her point-of-view.
There is also another crooked-cop in this book. I enjoyed reading this story more than the crooked-cops in "Silent Prey." Of course in this book we get to hear the reasoning and thought processes of the cop in this book as compared to "Silent Prey," where we just found out who the crooked cop was.
All in all, this was a great book. One of my favorite Sandford books to date. It is really intense and once I made it a few pages in I had a hard time putting it down. It's strange because you always read that on the cover of books and in the "praises" section of books but in this case, it was definately true. I don't think it is because of the intensity throughout the book, but more the curiosity of what was going to happen mixed with the intensity.
Of course, it would be best to read the "Prey" series in order to fully appreciate this story.
Summary of Sudden Prey
When Lucas Davenport and his team gun down two bank robbers in the middle of a heist, Davenport falls prey to the purest and simplest criminal motivation: revenge.Revenge is the engine which powers Sanford's seventh "Prey" thriller starring superslick Minnesota cop Lucas Davenport. When a dangerous female bank robber is killed in a shootout, her even more dangerous husband escapes from prison and begins a campaign of retribution against the families of Davenport and his team. As always with Sandford, excellent writing is the icing on an enjoyable cake. (Other Sandford "Prey" books: Eyes of Prey, Mind Prey, Night Prey, Rules of Prey, Silent Prey, Winter Prey.)
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