Gathering Prey

Lucas Davenport, Book 25

By: John Sandford

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Lucas Davenport's adopted daughter, Letty, is home from college when she gets a phone call from a woman Traveler she'd befriended in San Francisco.

The woman thinks somebody's killing her friends, she's afraid she knows who it is, and now her male companion has gone missing. Letty tells Lucas she's going to get her, and, though he suspects Letty's getting played, he volunteers to go with her....

©2015 John Sandford (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

Praise for the author: "Crime writer John Sandford is one of the best around." ( Sun)

"That rare beast - a series writer who reads like a breath of fresh air." ( Daily Mirror)

A Different Type Of Criminal

Lucas is drawn into a case by his adopted daughter who is attempting to help a young woman whom she met out in San Francisco when the woman was busking. Now the woman is worried about her male companion who went off to meet a group and disappeared. The group seem to be a strange religious cult, but think in terms of Manson (if you remember him). The group has a dangerous, possibly insane, charismatic leader who goes by the name Pilate. The plot moves through South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. People don't stay in place very long - usually just long enough to cause trouble.

The novel has violence ranging from gun fights to physical attacks. Expect some people to die. There are some unlikely heroes and heroines. In the Upper Peninsula, everyone has access to at least a rifle, and many have military training. You will get a lot of details about tracking and containing dangerous criminals. There is sexual content, mainly by discussion. I would give the novel an R rating, with motion picture potential. It has a surprise ending. I am not sure where the author intends to take the characters. Virgil Flowers makes a brief cameo appearance, but Lucas takes the lead on the law enforcement side, aided by various other people.

Richard Ferrone wonderful with the delivery of the story

Davenport gets better

Each book just gets better and better
In this I was gripped by the plot to the very end