Dark Angel

By: John Sandford

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Letty Davenport, the tough-as-nails adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes on an undercover assignment that brings her across the country and into the crosshairs of a dangerous group of hackers.

Letty Davenport’s days working a desk job at are behind her. Her previous actions at a gunfight in Texas—and her incredible skills with firearms—draw the attention of several branches of the US government, and make her a perfect fit for even more dangerous work. The Department of Homeland Security and the NSA have tasked her with infiltrating a hacker group, known only as Ordinary People, that is intent on wreaking havoc. Letty and her reluctant partner from the NSA pose as free-spirited programmers for hire and embark on a cross country road trip to the group’s California headquarters.

While the two work to make inroads with Ordinary People and uncover their plans, they begin to suspect that the hackers are not their only enemy. Someone within their own circle may have betrayed them, and has ulterior motives that place their mission—and their lives—in grave danger.

Critic reviews

"A female-forward thriller that makes a strong case that smart, unflinching women should run the world." —Kirkus Reviews

"Sandford keeps his foot on the gas throughout, without stretching plausibility too far." —Publishers Weekly

“This is the second in author Sandford’s series featuring Letty Davenport, government agent and adopted daughter of Sandford’s series megastar Lucas Davenport. Both series show Sandford’s mastery of character and action….Readers may wonder why, with all this comedy, the tension has them clutching the arms of their chairs. That’s Sandford at work.” —Booklist

"The second Letty Davenport thriller will satisfy Sandford’s numerous readers, with its high-octane action and gallows humor." —Library Journal

Praise for The Investigator

“The Investigator is a procedural action thriller in which the technical sleuthing only heightens the tension. Letty is such a capable character, and Mr. Sandford such a fine tactician, it would seem incomprehensible and even cruel to deny readers a swift follow-up.” —Wall Street Journal

“John Sandford created a winning formula with his furiously paced Prey novels, which star Lucas Davenport, a Minnesota detective turned U.S. marshal with a penchant for sharp dressing, high romancing and expert marksmanship. In The Investigator he moves the chess pieces to a different board.” —New York Times

“Sandford’s first Letty Davenport novel is a violent, topical, fast-paced story that’s sure to please action fans.” —Library Journal (starred review)

Still not quite right

This book is better than the first in that the narrator, Robert Petkoff, is an improvement over Richard Ferrone. I love Richard Ferrone, but he's the wrong voice for Letty. Petkoff is better, does a good job with accents, varying his voices, etc. but it is not enough to save the book. Letty comes off as flat. No sense of humor and you don't get any real feelings for her. Tacking on the bit with the boyfriend at the end is a poor save/step into the next book. Does she care about anything? She doesn't have the depth of Lucas Davenport or Virgil Flowers. Nothing funny, creative or emotional about her at all. Ok, she can kill. she is great with guns. There is no reason to like her or root for her. And why the heck don't you let a woman narrate it? I don't think I'll buy book 3. And I'm sad to say that.

liked it

it's not an early "Prey" novel, or a Flowers novel, but it kept me entertained.

I feel like it was a bit hurried towards the end.

I've listened to every single one of John Sandford's novels multiple times. This one feels somewhat rushed but a good story overall .

Sorry this was not so good

Help. Does the author need money that he put this book out. He created a good character in Letty but she went no where in this book. I would read the next just to see if he worked on the book but that would be it!

Not my favorite

I think Letty could be a great series but this didn't have great dialog like the other series. I would have liked to have listened to a female narrator voice Letty and the female characters. Robert Petkoff was good but I really think a female narrator would have been better. I wasn't really interested in all the descriptions of the different guns but that's my opinion. It had a timely theme but it was a little confusing to me.