Shadow Prey | John Sandford | Complicated plot with satisfying action leads to great second...

Shadow Prey | John Sandford | One of the best

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Shadow Prey

	Shadow Prey John Sandford Berkley, 2006 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A slumlord in Minneapolis. A New York politician. An Oklahoma judge.

Three strangers with one thing in common: each has been butchered with a Native American ceremonial knife by a killer known as Shadow Love. Lucas Davenport and Officer Lily Rothenburg needn't look far for the killer. He's right behind them.

Complicated plot with satisfying action leads to great second Davenport adventure

Following after Rules of Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries), "Shadow Prey" gives us a complex problem to mull over while providing all the action and suspense we could hope for. Murders are taking place - not only in Minneapolis - where the victim's throat is cut and the suspect is Native American. The reader is given the chance to know why these murders are being committed - and the reasoning is strangely compelling, leading one to almost sympathize with the instigators - as well as following the trail with the police. Davenport is often frustrated, as his normal contacts do not include very many Native Americans, and to make things worse, after a near miss he begins to exhibit signs of going through a severe depressive episode, or at the very least post-traumatic stress disorder. As the police follow the trail, bodies begin to pile up and Davenport worries that time is running out for the big finale, whatever that may be. I don't wish to give any more information about the plot than this, so as to avoid spoiling it for anyone. Do yourself a favor and give this wonderful series a chance!

This is my second time reading through the Lucas Davenport mysteries, and they do not disappoint the second time around. I heartily recommend these to anyone who likes a good thriller, police procedural or action-oriented mystery.

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One of the best

I think this is an excellent follow-up to "Rules of Prey" and one of the best of the "Prey" series. I like it for a variety of reasones. In addition to being a solid police, crime thriller, it sheds some light on the Native American issues in Minnesota.

I especially like the introduction of the character of Lily. The sexual tension between Lucas and Lily is awesome! She is one of my favorite Davenport women because she "gets" him and is not concerned that he has to occasionally blow away the bad guys. It is refreshing to have her rescue Lucas instead of the other way around. Sandford also shows us Davenport's vulnerability with Lucas' stress reaction to the his near death experience.

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Shadow Prey

This is the second book in the Prey series. It is a solid police procedural, and includes the many difficulties and social problems of the Native Americans in Minnesota. I've read several of the later books in the Prey Series, and it is interesting to go back and see Lucas before he settled down and became a family man.

Shadow Prey

The entire Sandford "Prey" serious is great .... having grown up in Mpls it's great fun to ride the streets of Mpls again & see/feel/smell the the familiar sights...plus Lucas is so tuff....great/fun read

Isn't His Best

This is not a good first book to read of John Sandford. I would recommend another one and then go back to this one. I'm glad I didn't read this first but it was still o.k. Better than some I've read.

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