![]() ![]() Sometime soon, unless he could stop it, there would be another death, and then still another, and Davenport couldn't help but wonder if maybe this time, the final death might not be his own.John Sandford has written extraordinary thrillers before, but nothing to top the startling twists and unrelenting suspense of Secret Prey. He had felt this way not long before, sensed the curling of an indefinable evil, and not only had it nearly gotten him killed, it had lost him his fiancee, who'd never been able to recover from the violence of the encounter. Often exotically dressed, Lucas Davenport is not above skirting the law and bending the rules when he feels it is necessary to solve a case. His unusual techniques and manipulative behaviors work well for him and his string of street contacts. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. A dark-complexioned, greying detective, Lucas Davenport is as unorthodox as they come. In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling Percy. Secret Prey Kindle Edition by John Sandford (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 192 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback 14.16 12 Used from 7.49 13 New from 8.71 Mass Market Paperback 23.12 13 Used from 12.75 5 New from 22. There were currents running through this group, hints and whispers of something much greater than the murder of a single man. Secret Prey Lucas Davenport, Book 9 By: John Sandford Narrated by: Richard Ferrone Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins 4.7 (2,135 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. and he learns a terrible secret about his own family, which makes him question. But it wasn't going to be that easy, he knew. If he read it in a book, Lucas Davenport thought, it would seem like one of those classic murder mysteries, the kind where the detective gathers everyone together at the end and solves the case with a little speech. Around him stood the four executives with whom he had been hunting, each with his or her own complicated agenda, each with a reason not to be sorrowful about the man's death. 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. 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.The company chairman lay on the cold ground of the woods, his eyes unseeing, his orange hunting jacket punctured by a rifle bullet at close range. John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. ![]() 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. PD Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport, seen last in Night Prey, carries on as a smart, quirky hero in the seventh Prey book. 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. 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. Fans of the series will be glad to hear that it's full of smart suspense and deduction as well as explosive action.ĭavenport 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. Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport, No 9) by John Sandford 4.49 Free shipping EXTRA 10 OFF 3+ ITEMS See all eligible items and terms Image not available Hover to zoom Have one to sell Sell now Shop with confidence eBay Money Back Guarantee Get the item you ordered or get your money back. John Sandford is back with his Minneapolis deputy police chief Lucas Davenport for a ninth "preyer" meeting. ![]()
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