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Title: Mortal Prey by John Sandford ISBN: 0-425-18986-4 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.27 (91 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good, but not the best
Comment: I liked this book, though, as a die hard Prey fan, I would not rate it among the better books in the series, like "Mind Prey." This novel finds Davenport once again tracking down Clara Rinker, the female contract killer from "Certain Prey." While living in retirement with her new boyfriend in Cancun, Rinker loses both him and her unborn child to an assassin's bullet meant for her. Believing the failed attempt on her life to be the work of her former employers, who would rather not take the chance of her turning them over to the FBI, Rinker embarks on a mission to kill the four men she believes were involved. Lucas is recruited by the FBI to help in the search for Rinker. This book was, in my mind, one of those books that you can't tell whether you like or dislike. It had some very good elements, but some parts just didn't work well. I really enjoyed seeing Rinker going after her former bosses, and I thought it was a unique twist for Sandford to leave the audience sympathizing with the villain, a rarity in his books. Other parts left me scoffing, such as the FBI enlisting Davenport to help them. It's very typical of Sandford to make the FBI look like morons, and I didn't see any reason why they needed Lucas, who had only met Rinker twice before and had failed to catch her even then. It was a poor excuse to get him involved in the pursuit. All in all, if you're a Prey fan, I urge you to read this, though I don't see it as one of the "classics."
Rating: 5
Summary: Mortal Prey: A Winner!
Comment: Mortal Prey is the latest in a series of mysteries starring Lucas Davenport, a very complex man. He is the main protagnist in the Prey series, and watching him evolve has been a fascinating process, as he struggles to walk the thin line between the profession he loves-police work, and his own killer's instincts.
Mortal Prey also re-introduces Clara Rinker, a hit woman who has complex issues of her own. The tension between these two main characters, and the finely crafted aspects of the supporting members is nothing short of outstanding.
The story opens with an assassination attempt which leaves Clara alive, having lost her baby and her lover. Who was the intended target? Herself or the powerful Meija family scion? As the tale unfolds, the reader finds herself caight up in the myriad twists and turns this complex case takes, until a final stunning climax is reached. John Sanford has created a fascinating addition to a sometimes tired Genre.
If you are looking for an entertaining page turner, this is the one!
Rating: 4
Summary: Pull up a Comfortable Davenport
Comment: Looking through the 'scope, this novel features exotic locales for Lucas Davenport, well outside his usual Twin Cities ambit, and a new treat for the reader. Perhaps these varied settings presage a wider field of action as Davenport moves to a new, state job in the next novel. Viewed from the other end, I didn't find the excessive personal tensions and psycho-logical horror that he often encounters in his earlier cases. Although numerous changes are impending in his life, they play little role here. This is a stroll for Lucas, who leads all the work, and contributes all the leads, at a comfortable yet rapid pace. A nice vacation from fear for the reader, too, since the killer's hits are on people you won't particularly like. Incidentally, this could be a good book for retirees, who would be proud of the retired St. Lou gum-shoes who do good work (ALL the work, one might say, since the FBI seems only good for looking up 'phone numbers :).
Davenport's quarry is once again the memorably endearing professional of CERTAIN PREY, Clara Rinker, coming back into Lucas' conflicted life. Clara is ingenious and constantly surprising, ruthlessly efficient and creative. She is as confident as ever and bent on multiple revenges, less enigmatic in aims than Sandford's usual psychos but as devious in means as ever. Stalking her ends up much deeper than you initially suspect. I found very little was extraneous to the plot, despite a high page count. Numerous characters come and go, some stereotyped for the plot, but each each well and contrastively characterized. There are two developments in Davenport's slowly progressing family life. Lucas shows he is one in a long line of sentimental detectives in literature, but very close to the top.
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Title: Naked Prey by John Sandford ISBN: 0399150439 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 12 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Chosen Prey by John Sandford ISBN: 0425182878 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Certain Prey by John Sandford ISBN: 0425174271 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Easy Prey by John Sandford ISBN: 0425178765 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Secret Prey by John Sandford ISBN: 0425168298 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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