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All the Lucas Davenport novels are good, but this one is particularly well written. The crimes are gruesome and the pursuit of the criminal tense. Of note, Sanford usually writes his women police officers pretty well, but does an especially good job in this novel portraying a female victim as both damaged and strong. It's a nice change from the genre norm in which a woman who experiences violence is generally seen as permanently damaged beyond hope. It may seem small, but sending the message that there's difference between being a victim and transcending a trauma is a huge step.
very disappointing! It starts out with the main storyline but in just a few pages it gets side-tracked by other storylines so this moves very very slow until finally it just seemed a farce.
I had just finished a book with about the exact same storyline word for word so it didn't take long for this one to get very old and boring especially since it is very slow moving.
I think the 'prey' series has lacked for a long time so have higher hopes for Virgil Flowers.
I had just finished a book with about the exact same storyline word for word so it didn't take long for this one to get very old and boring especially since it is very slow moving.
I think the 'prey' series has lacked for a long time so have higher hopes for Virgil Flowers.
An excellent read 10 of 10
Great book. Page turner.
Back to psychopathic serial killer territory for Lucas Davenport. A long-abandoned cistern is discovered with the remains of over 20 young women in it, all tortured and murdered over an unknown period of time. Davenport starts out by observing from the sidelines but before long has to take charge of the investigation. All the regular characters have at least a speaking part. As usual, it's a fast read and follows the successful Sandford formula. I'll say that while the body count in these is always high, women cops really don't seem to fare well.
Page turner till near the end, keeps you guessing. Gotta love Lucas Davenport!
Julie G. (renegadespiritcat) reviewed Field of Prey (Lucas Davenport, Bk 24) on + 198 more book reviews
John Sanford does it again a mesmerizing cast of characters in a fast paced edge of your seat thriller. Do not plan on getting anything accomplished once you begin this book it simply sucks you in refusing to release your attention until the final hair raising pages.
This was one of Sandford's best, with a tight plot, interesting characters and his usual cop humor, all beginning with a first chapter that draws you in like an electron magnet. There were no slow parts, and the story had a depth that was satisfying.
