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Investigating the seemingly open-and-shut double homicide case involving a pair of wealthy elderly women, Lucas Davenport begins to suspect that the handful of small items that were stolen from the crime scene may have had more significant values. By the author of Dead Watch. 600,000 first printing. BOMC, Lit Guild, Doubleday, & Mystery Guild Main.
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    Prey (Lucas Davenport)
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Bestseller Sandford opts for a contemplative procedural rather than a high-octane nail-biter for his 17th novel to feature Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport (after 2005's Broken Prey). The brave and intelligent Davenport, one of contemporary crime fiction's more congenial sleuths, is working a politically sensitive case—state senator Burt Kline is on the edge of being arrested for having sex with a minor—when he's called in to investigate the beating death of wealthy widow Constance Bucher and her maid. Bucher lived in a mansion stuffed with antiques, though it's unclear if robbery was the motive for the murders. Several run-of-the-mill suspects are dealt with before the reader learns the identity of the two killers, who continue to murder a string of folks all variously connected to the Bucher slaying. Eventually, the Bucher and Kline cases come together in an unexpected way. Interesting and unusual supporting characters, good and bad guys alike, enhance an intriguing puzzle. (May)
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Constance Bucher is in her eighties, wealthy, and lives in a lovely Twin Cities home brimming with antiques. Bucher and her maid slip into past tense when intruders bludgeon them to death and trash the house. The victim's social standing is enough for the governor to assign his top investigator, Lucas Davenport, to investigate. The easy solution would be to label the crime a junkie killing, but when a painting stored in the attic (and worth a cool half-million) turns up missing, it's clear that this was no random attack. Aided by an imaginative intern, Davenport uncovers a series of similar crimes across the Midwest in which the victims were all old, wealthy art collectors. Concurrently, Davenport is working on a politically sensitive case in which a local politician has been accused of having sexual relations with a 15-year-old. And maybe her mother. Or maybe they're angling for a civil payday as opposed to criminal justice. The latest in the Preyseries is more thriller than mystery; the villains are revealed early, and the plot is advanced through the bad guys' point of view. Davenport unravels their scheme by pulling on a small thread, and it's his immersion into the murky world of art, antiques, museums, and donors that gives this one its cachet. As always for Sandford, entertaining and intelligent reading. Wes Lukowsky
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Putnam Adult; First Edition (May 15, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0399154213
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0399154218
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.24 x 1.29 x 9.32 inches
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John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of the Prey novels, the Kidd novels, the Virgil Flowers novels, and six other books, including three YA novels co-authored with his wife Michele Cook.

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Jeff McFadden
5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoy the Lucas Davenport series
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2013
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Mystery readers are mystery readers, and I'm one of them. That said, I'm picky. The violence can get too up-close and personal, or too intense, and it puts me off. I can't explain how my standards work, because some of these bad guys are pretty darn bad, but somehow Sandford doesn't gross me out. Even more, the general mood of some murder mysteries can just be so grim that they're no fun for me to read, and that is where Sandford shines. Yes, they're crime novels. Murder mysteries. The first thing that happens is somebody gets killed. Usually some more people get killed before it's over. However, within that context the characters get off lots of wisecracks among themselves, go off on philosophical tangents, and have real personalities, real selves, that make the books great fun to read and, for me, to reread.
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Fred Camfield
4.0 out of 5 stars Art and antiques
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2007
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An interesting story with a complex plot. Lucas Davenport is called in to assist on a case when an elderly woman and her maid are bludgeoned to death in the woman's home. It is a strange case because an odd assortment of items are missing. It does not fit the MO of any particular type of criminal. Complications arise when other people are killed, and the investigation is broadened.

Davenport is handling another case in parallel. A prominant state senator is charged with statutory rape for an affair with a teenage girl. Action is the novel seems to drift back and forth between the two cases.

The author, perhaps, makes the story a little too complex as the two parallel plots are drawn together, and a vast array of crimes occur ranging from murder and burglary to fraud and money laundering. There is even cruelty to animals.

You will learn a lot along the way about the sale of art and antiques, and the difficulties of tracing provinence of the various items. I liked the added touch at the end. Some items of value have no real ownership identity (finders keepers).

The story includes violence, language (some gratuitous), and some sexual content by reference. There is also some political wheeling and dealing, class and racial attitudes, stereotyping, etc.
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Joyce Boatright
5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2023
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The challenge of writing a series is staying fresh while deepening the depth of the characters. Sandford hits the bull’s eye again. The plot is intriguing and involves the shady side of the rich getting richer and museums making the most of it all. No one gets a free ride and even the innocent die by the hands of serial killers, for that’s John Sandford s style and why we’re hooked on his books.
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Roger A. Locy
5.0 out of 5 stars I enjoy the series
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2023
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I have been reading my way through the Prey series. I enjoy the individual books and the series as a whole. I already have read the Flowers selfie and enjoyed having him in this book.
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Leah Compton
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great series to read
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L. Quido
4.0 out of 5 stars The "thrill" is...well, it's somewhat missing
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2007
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This is John Sandford's 17th in his "Prey" series; thrillers involving Minnesota cop Lucas Davenport.

In this book,(he's also written 6 other successful novels outside of the series) Sandford puts in a parallel plot that's pure politics; and although he braids it into the prime story of a series of murders in the antique world, it's clear that it is a personal subtext, one that allows him to speak his mind about his concerns that political expediency can sometimes conquer justice; and only law enforcement officers with an ethical social presence, those who believe in justice, stand between the truth and reality in some cases. In this case, the politico is a Republican state senator, who has been accused of sexual activities with a minor. The tie-in is that the killers in the second case use Lucas' involvement in the political case to distract him from the murders. Lucas being Lucas, he doesn't fall for it.

Others have complained that the subplot is a distraction. For me, it was just Sandford continuing his tradition of showing how politics often leaves good cops in a quandary.

The main plot, involving a series of murders of antiques collectors, is a carefully crafted study of how sometimes things are hidden right before your very eyes. The reader is able to hear the dialogue and understand the motivation of the killers; all the while they are helping Davenport to "solve" the killings. As Davenport ties in prior killings to this latest one, the killers hide in plain sight. Finally, their panic leads to their undoing when Davenport and his team start to get too close.

Sandford continues his tradition of excellence in police procedurals; he's allowed his protagonist to age and change. Davenport is comfortable in his life, but still tempted by sexual distractions he encounters. His friendships with his existing team and his old team of detectives are solid and believable. And the thriller elements, somewhat missing here because the killers are known to us, are active and pulse racing in chapter one. It's a great kickoff to another fine installment in this series by the gifted John Sandford!
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Mard Barkward
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2023
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This one has more twists than your DNA! How does Sanford come up with these stories? Read his intros in his first several books of the series. A very unique story to be sure! It can also be read as a separate story without reading the previous books in the series. Try it!
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Priscilla Cole
3.0 out of 5 stars Political undertone
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2012
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Authors who take the opportunity to preach personal political opinions in their books to an audience who purchases said book because the author usually tells a good story are tedious. Now we know that John Sandford is a Democrat with a vicious bias. Not only that, but he believes that politicians who get in trouble stealing are mostly Democrats and those who get in trouble screwing somebody are mostly Republicans. I guess Clinton and the Kennedy's get a pass cause they're so "smart". Oh and let's not forget Weiner. Don't tell me it's fiction. The labeling, the sweeping generalizations, the assumption that all of his readers share his opinions is simply arrogant. Here's one of my own John - half your readers are likely to disagree with your assessment of the character of Republicans because we ARE Republicans. Which would make us less likely to bpurchase your next book cause who wants to listen to it. I guess you're so rich, though, what we might think doesn't really matter anymore.
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A. Janes
5.0 out of 5 stars A real page turner
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2023
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I love the dialogue between characters, it's always good. The plot keeps you engaged, a real page turner, but then John Sandford never fails to deliver (except that Virgil Flowers one he co-wrote which was really not up to spec).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sandford
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Great stories, always a best read
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bertbrecht
1.0 out of 5 stars Full of typos and words written together
Reviewed in Germany on December 24, 2022
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john parry
4.0 out of 5 stars Just love Davenport
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2020
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I wait for these books...I get them..3 days later I’ve read them..I just love Davenport.
Good plot great characters...all good...next please.
You’ve got to enjoy them as much as me....
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keith bird
5.0 out of 5 stars John Sanford is a great author. this is one book that uou won't ...
Reviewed in Canada on June 9, 2015
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John Sanford is a great author.this is one book that uou won't want to put down.great story.i have read many of the prey books and they are all very good.i love Lucas davenport.
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