Eyes of Prey

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Summary: Attention Keeper
Review: John Sandford is incredible. This book along with the other prey books definately keeps your attention. Every book in the series is finished the day I buy it. Do not pass up this series.

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Summary: Excellent Addition to the Prey Series
Review: Like the first two novels in the series, Eyes of Prey is a fun, fast and entertaining read. Eyes of Prey is slightly better than its predecessor, Shadow Prey and shows detective Lucas Davenport at his most vulnerable. A point I've made before: the sub-plots in the Prey novels revolving around Davenport are almost as interesting as the cases and crimes he's working to solve. Sandford has done an excellent job creating and developing this character.

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Summary: Great book to own!
Review: I read a library copy of this book and am buying it now because I loved the plot and Lucas Davenport as a character. For all his faults and foibles he is so human that I fell in love with the series after reading "Chosen Prey" first. I loved this one because he has flashbacks and depression from a previous case but nonetheless continues to solve the case. I also recommend the previous book "Shadow Prey"

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Summary: Below average book from the "Prey" series
Review: This was a disappointing story in the "Prey" series by the usually excellent thriller writer, John Sandford and I was pleased to finish it and start another book. As with most "Prey" books, the story is written in two persons, Lieutenant Lucas Davenport (the cop, the good guy and the main character of the book) and the villain who Davenport is hunting down. This particular villain, although successful, good looking, wealthy and a qualified medical doctor is one of life's losers. He is a junkie with a permanent supply of uppers, downers and everything in between which he devours throughout the day and most of the night.

The first murder takes place early in the story with Bekker's wife brutally killed at her home by a man in Bekker's pay. Bekker immediately becomes Davenport's number one suspect through a raft of circumstantial evidence. Even though he was on the other side of the country at the time of the murder his complicity in arranging the murder is quite clear. The usual chain of murders is set in place and cleverly Bekker organizes them to happen whilst he is under Police surveillance or escapes such surveillance briefly in order to perpetrate the crimes. Bekker and Davenport, astonishingly, establish a relationship with each other during the course of the murder investigations, popping in for a drink and a chat with each other!

The suspense doesn't build too well in the story as the plot is developed through the persons of both of its main characters. The story line is weak and not convincing. In reality the police would have arrested Bekker on suspicion of complicity early on in their investigations in order to prevent him committing more murders. Whilst this is a work of is fiction, a little credulity would have helped.

I'd like to give this book two and a half stars but as this is not an option, it is marginally closer to a three than a two. I look forward to reading more of Sandford's novels and am optimistic that they will be better than "Eyes of Prey".

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Summary: Prey Rules!
Review: The "Prey" series is one of my favorite.

Sandford creates some really great characters in this series and one great detective in Lucas Davenport.

The stories are always gripping and believable. The action is fast paced and nerve racking.

Most importantly, unlike so many other detective novel series by other other authors, the ending doesn't cheat the reader.

Start with the first book in this series and work your way through - you won't be disappointed.

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Summary: What can i say ? EXCITING
Review: This is the most exciting set of books I have ever read. Lucas Davenport is a great character in all the prey books. If you want to be left on the egde of your seat this is the series to start reading. You will never want to put it down.

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Summary: Dark thriller - not for the faint of heart
Review: This was my first Sandford book and it was a good suspense. The end had a surprise twist to it that I was not expecting. I was troubled by two aspects of the book, however. First, our hero is much too flawed. Not only does he dabble in police brutality, but he seems to have deep seated psychological issues and he has no problem taking illegal narcotics. Second, the dialog is unrealistically profane. Come on. I cannot believe that many people, especially upon first meeting each other, rip out such a high density of F words. There doesn't seem to be any characters with a sense of decency or civility in the book. Nevertheless, the crime drama is well paced and suspenseful, even if we do know who the killer is at the beginning.

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Summary: Complex and Captivating
Review: I'm reading the Prey books in order and this is my absolute favorite so far! Kudos to Sandford for not only having two villains, but making them both interesting characters. Davenport remains the solid, multi-dimensional, not always likeable but always compelling hero. The twist at the end was terrific.

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Summary: Well,Good book but....
Review: This was a nice book,i have readed another one,like that,peharps a little worse (Easy Prey). I'M Just a little bit confusing about the end -------> SPOILER: DON'T READ IF YOU NOT FINISHED THE BOOK <---- In the end,davenport beat bekker and then a ambulace come to get him and POW,finish...So,what hell's happened to bekker? I really like the twist in the end(But wasn't THAT MUCH,like somebody said here: 'SHOCK TWIST',nah).Bekker was really scary but i think that even if davenport saw the pictures in druze rooms,bekker could't escape,NO WAY,they could have the pictures but also they have statements (sibyl,the childs...) so,like i said before,EVEN IF THEY FOUND THOSE pictures,bekker couldn't escape,he wouldn't be jailed(sure) but the police won't let him so free (like somebody said something like that: 'If it wasn't bekker's stupid,they could leave free with the deaths') ------------[Finish Spoiler]------------------------------------ Overall,Nice book,a little bit complicate(not the story,but the connections between Each character).Read: Silent Prey,pass Easy prey

PS: Sorry for my english

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Summary: Third in Prey series
Review: In the third installment, Lucas Davenport finds himself pitted against two killers who have made a Throw Mama from the Train type of arrangement.

Davenport also finds himself another woman. If you have read the previous Prey books, you may start to wonder if Lucas bags a chick every time he leaves his house. I started to feel like Sandford was unable to write a Prey book where Davenport wasn't hooking up with a woman, but I did not dwell on it long as this book has a suprise in the form of a mystery witness. Maybe you will figure it out before I did, but it was a nice subplot that took some attention away from the unlikely womanizing by the hero.

Read this book, and keep reading the Prey series.