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Summary: RIVETING, COMPELLING. SPLENDID READINGS.
Review: John Sandford's Prey series has been called riveting, compulsively readable, and splendid. It is all of these, and the readers on the audio versions are also riveting and splendid.Eric Conger, voice performer on the abridged edition, is an accomplished actor and narrator who has the patois down pat with his sixth Prey recording. He's the recipient of a Golden Earphone Award, deservedly so. Broadway and television performer Richard Ferrone ably delivers a suspenseful reading to the Unabridged edition. This is his 12th Prey recording, and he's in top form. With 15 books in the Prey series under his belt author John Sandford just keeps getting better and better. There's no rest for popular protagonist Lucas Davenport in this one as with the discovery of a dead Russian on the shores of Lake Superior Davenport feels like it's deja vu the Cold War in today's Minnesota. As it turns out the FBI discovers that the murdered man had KGB connections. Was he a Russian intelligence agent? Everyone has both questions and theories - Davenport arrives on the scene, a Russian policeman jets in from Moscow, law enforcement officers investigate, and reporters of every ilk converge. A barrage of violent events cloud the original crime: a homeless woman is garroted, a bar owner is attacked, and a police officer is shot. Despite the confusion Davenport finds out a few things he didn't want to know - this part of his home state once sheltered a bunch of Communist sympathizers, and there's every indication that this cell is alive and well once again. Both readers take listeners on a dizzying series of twisted trails and head-ons. Don't miss it. - Gail Cooke
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Summary: SANDFORD - STILL TOPS
Review: John Sandford's Prey series has been called riveting, compulsively readable, and splendid. It is all of these. Then, just when you think this author couldn't possibly pen a story any more dynamite reading than the last he does. "Hidden Prey" is Sandford in top form - it's surprising, exciting with action aplenty. There's little rest for popular protagonist Lucas Davenport in this one. With the discovery of a dead Russian on the shores of Lake Superior Davenport feels like it's deja vu the Cold War in today's Minnesota. Before long the FBI discovers that the murdered man had KGB connections. Was he a Russian intelligence agent? Everyone has both questions and theories - Davenport arrives on the scene, a Russian policeman jets in from Moscow, law enforcement officers investigate, and reporters of every ilk converge. A barrage of violent events cloud the original crime: a homeless woman is garroted, a bar owner is attacked, and a police officer is shot. Despite the confusion Davenport finds out a few things he didn't want to know - this part of his home state once sheltered a bunch of Communist sympathizers, and there's every indication that this cell is alive and well once again. There's much for Davenport to retrace - another place, another time - all of which puts him in peril. Yet, this must be done before he can begin to unravel this many layered mystery.
If you liked "Naked Prey" you'll be delighted WIth "Hidden Prey." Or, if you haven't read any of the Prey series - treat yourself.
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Summary: The streak continues
Review: Man, you would think that Sanford would run out of new things to put Davenport through - wrong. This one is purely for the readers who have followed Davenport throughout. And for the new readers - this is what good writing and plot movement is all about. For many reasons, I found this book to be the best since Certain Prey. Police work is top notch, very funny, good descriptions, some old characters popping in, and Davenport doing Davenport things. This series has been so good to me I sometimes forget this guy is fictional. Why not 5 stars?? Sanford has written better (Sudden Prey, Certain Prey), but nevertheless still better a LOT out there by far.
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Summary: Sandford Pleases Once Again
Review: Over and over Sandford has made happy people out of those who decide to follow the tales and escapades of Lucas Davenport. This time using the old tensions left from the Cold War, Sandford lures us in with tales of espionage and times forgotten. He uses past fears of the indominable Russians to help keep the reader on edge. A real page turner.
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Summary: Mediocre Prey
Review: This book was entertaining simply due to the fact that John Sanford is an excellent writer. The plot was not that interesting and it seemed to drag in parts. There were some very funny parts (Weather driving through the garage door was hilarious)but the book lacked the edge of your seat, page turning, unable to put down type of story that draws me to the Prey series every year. Though Lucas is getting older, married, and a father, he does not have to lose his edge. I sure hope the next installment will get Lucas really pissed and regain his edge.
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Summary: Oh well, they can't all be great
Review: This is worse than Easy Prey. And not because Lucas is an old married man but because he seems to have lost all of his detecting ability. What happened to the logical, game playing brain? Where are the brilliant leaps of intuitive insight? Where is the sex appeal? Where is the intensity? Where is Lucas Davenport?!!! Aside from the character being less than exciting, I found the the plot development to be lacking. When the reader knows from the beginning "who done it", the author must engage your attention with the clever ways in which the hero figures it out.
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Summary: I have read better
Review: This novel was unlike all his other "prey series." The storyline was boring and uneventful. The ending was horrible in the sense that it was an utterly complete letdown. I hope his next books are a whole lot better.
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Summary: Solid effort from a master of the genre
Review: While this is not the most thrilling Sandford novel, it is an absolutely solid effort from one the of best detective novelists working today. What keeps this long-running series fresh is an infusion of new and fascinating characters. Fans of Sandford may not find this story as gruesomely fun and frightening as previous tales, but I sped through it and thoroughly enjoyed the read.
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