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	Chosen Prey John Camp Berkley, 2002 - 383 pages average customer review:based on 95 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Mystery writers apparently can't go wrong if they build their stories around serial killers. They can escalate murder by murder, making each one more disturbing. Sandford escalates well, but stretches the limits when he has the murderer kill his own mother. There is no real mystery here; we know the identity of the murderer in the first chapter. The only question is whether the police will find him before he kills again. The conversations among police officers are moderately amusing, but the good guy's significant other is more a token presence than a relevant character.

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Very good read

I've followed Lucas Davenport and his exploits since "Rules" and it is still one of the best series around. Sandford keeps his characters interesting and real. I'm looking forward to seeing where Lucas' new assignment lands him and his co-workers. I recommend this series to anyone who likes a good read.


Pleasant Routine

Reading this book is a very pleasant routine. You meet the old, familiar characters - you even have a certain feeling that you have already read about Lucas Davenport having a similar problem. But, nevertheless, again Sandford has managed to produce a real page-turner. In spite of the dramatic irony used here the novel is full of suspense. And the ending again shows the same pattern: Lucas has to struggle very hard to find the last and convincing piece of evidence. But why is it that you always like those novels by Sandford? Because he is a great writer who can play with a suspenseful plot, and even the déja vu feeling you always have here does not make this a bad book - on the contrary. This is the positive routine of writing - completely enjoyable!
But: statistically the Twin Cities must be the place with the most serial murderers in the world.

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I prefer Alex Cross

Chosen Prey was the first audio book I listened to by John Sandford. While the overall story was okay, I found the writing to be lazy for lack of a better word. it seemed rush and not well thought out. in addition the sex scenes seemed to be forced and/or simply plopped in to give the book some excitement. The villain in this one was a joke and hardly kept my interest. He was simply not ruthless enough or diabolical or even sexy. James patterson always manages to fit the above elements in his villains take Michael and William for example from Viilets are Blue. That was a shocking book in deed. The bad guy in Chosen Prey at times didn't know if he was coming or going. There was something missing to his development. Lucas Davenport is also pretty unlikable as a hero. He comes across at times like a prig and seems at least in this book one dimensional. Its like outside women and police work there is nothing else to the man. Speaking of which why the need to have him bed every female character he comes in contact with? Is it to validate his manhood or something? This is crime fiction not erotica. As for him settling down with Weather, big deal. Waht a nagging witch not to mention a complete bimbo. In fact I found all the female characters to be anoying; John Sandford takes the femenist thing a bit too far. The reader did an okay job but his range of character voices was limited. he made one female sound very much like an overweight alcoholic man in fact. Not great at all. Certainly nothing compared to the suspense filled reading of a patterson book. maybe I just started out too late in this series but I am reluctant to buy the next one in line when there are so many other titles I want to add to my audio collection. This version contains four audio cassettes. Its narrated by a single reader.

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